Genesis 11:1 — Meaning and Application

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“And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. {language: Heb. lip.} {speech: Heb. words}”

Genesis 11:1

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And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. {language: Heb. lip.} {speech: Heb. words}

And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. {from...: or, eastward}

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. {they said...: Heb. a man said to his neighbour} {burn...: Heb. burn them to a burning}

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Genesis 11:2

"And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. {from...: or, eastward}"

Genesis 11:3

"And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. {they said...: Heb. a man said to his neighbour} {burn...: Heb. burn them to a burning}"

Genesis 11:4

"And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top {may reach} unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."

Genesis 11:5

"And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded."

Genesis 11:6

"And the LORD said, Behold, the people {is} one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do."

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