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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the Lord said,.... Not to the angels, as Aben Ezra, but rather to the Son and Spirit, or within himself:
behold,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 11:1-9
- The Confusion of Tongues 1. נסע nāsa‛ “pluck out, break up, journey.” מקדם mı̂qedem “eastward, or on the east side”…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The people is one, etc. - From this, as before observed, we may infer, that as the people had the same language, so they…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 11:5-9
We have here the quashing of the project of the Babel-builders, and the turning of the counsel of those froward men…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
And the Lord said The account, in this and the following verse, is evidently condensed. In Gen 11:11 Jehovah is…
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