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Genesis 11:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
Genesis 11:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
6 And the Lord said, [a]Behold, the people is one, and they all have one language, and this they begin to do, neither can they now be stopped from whatsoever they have imagined to do.
7 Come on, [b]let us go down, and [c]there confound their language, that everyone perceive not another’s speech.
8 So the Lord scattered them from thence upon all the earth, and they left off to build the city.
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- Genesis 11:6 God speaketh this in derision, because of their foolish persuasion and enterprise.
- Genesis 11:7 He speaketh as though he took counsel with his own wisdom and power: to wit, with the Son and holy Ghost: signifying the greatness and certainty of the punishment.
- Genesis 11:7 By this great plague of the confusion of tongues appeareth God’s horrible judgment against man’s pride and vain glory.
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