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Genesis 11:5-7
Lexham English Bible
Genesis 11:5-7
Lexham English Bible
5 Then[a] Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower that humankind[b] was building. 6 And Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people with one language,[c] and this is only the beginning of what they will do.[d] So[e] now nothing that they intend to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand each other’s language.”[f]
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- Genesis 11:5 Or “And”
- Genesis 11:5 Literally “sons of Adam” or “sons of humankind”
- Genesis 11:6 Literally “one people and one language to all of them”
- Genesis 11:6 Literally “and this they begin to do”
- Genesis 11:6 Or “And”
- Genesis 11:7 Literally “each the language of his companion”
Genesis 11:5-7
New International Version
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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