Genesis 11:5-7
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
6 And the Lord said, Behold, they are one people and they have [a]all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do, and now nothing they have imagined they can do will be impossible for them.
7 Come, let Us go down and there confound (mix up, confuse) their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
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- Genesis 11:6 Some noted philologists have declared that a common origin of all languages cannot be denied. One, Max Mueller (The Science of Language), said “We have examined all possible forms which language can assume, and now we ask, can we reconcile with these three distinct forms, the radical, the terminational, the inflectional, the admission of one common origin of human speech? I answer decidedly, ‘Yes’.” The New Bible Commentary says, “The original unity of human language, though still far from demonstrable, becomes increasingly probable.”
Genesis 11:5-7
New International Version
5 But the Lord came down(A) to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language(B) they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us(C) go down(D) and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”(E)
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