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Verse Genesis 11:5. _AND THE LORD CAME DOWN_] A lesson, says an
ancient Jewish commentator, to magistrates to examine every evidence
before they decree judgment and execute justice....
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- The Confusion of Tongues
1. נסע _nāsa‛_ “pluck out, break up, journey.” מקדם
_mı̂qedem_ “eastward, or on the east side” as in Genesis 2:14;
Genesis 13:11;...
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CHAPTER 11:1-9 THE TOWER OF BABEL AND THE SCATTERING OF THE NATIONS
_ 1. The unity of the nations in Shinar (Genesis 11:1)_
2. Their attempt: “Let us make” (Genesis 11:3)
3. The divine answer: “Let...
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THE CITY, THE TOWER, AND THE CONFUSION OF SPEECH. The section plainly
belongs to J but not to the same stratum as the story of the Flood,
nor is it consistent with the origin assigned to the various n...
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CAME DOWN. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6)....
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_And the lord came down to see_ Not a figurative, poetical expression,
as in Isaiah 64:1, but a strong and naïve anthropomorphism. The early
religious traditions of Israel represent the Almighty in te...
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AND THE LORD CAME DOWN TO SEE, &C. — All allow, _the Lord's coming
down to see the city and tower,_ is to be understood, "after the
manner of men," by way of accommodation to our conceptions; and mean...
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PART TWENTY-FOUR:
THE BEGINNING AGAIN OF HUMAN PRESUMPTION
(Genesis 11:1-9)
1. _The Story of Babel_
And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. 2 And it
came to pass, as they journeye...
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_AND THE LORD CAME DOWN TO SEE THE CITY AND THE TOWER, WHICH THE
CHILDREN OF MEN BUILDED._
The Lord came down to see the city and the tower. Anthropomorphism is
the characteristic style of this histo...
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THE LORD CAME DOWN, etc.] The words are meant to teach that God is
concerned in men's doings. But 'it is not to be thought from such
modes of expression that human characteristics are intended to be
a...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 11
THE TALL BUILDING AT BABEL
V1 All the people who were on the earth had one language. They all
had one set of words. V2 And men travelled from...
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(5-7) THE LORD CAME DOWN. — The narrative is given in that simple
anthropological manner usual in the Book of Genesis, which so clearly
sets before us God’s loving care of man, and here and in Genesis...
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וַ יֵּ֣רֶד יְהוָ֔ה לִ רְאֹ֥ת אֶת ־הָ
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THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES
Genesis 11:1
Driven by the fear of another deluge, though God had given distinct
assurances to the contrary, and impelled by the desire to perpetuate
their name and memory to...
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In this chapter we have the account of a human movement against
dispersion. The movement was one of rebellion and was frustrated by
divine interposition. The divine intention was the covering of the
w...
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And the LORD (f) came down to see the city and the tower, which the
children of men builded.
(f) Meaning, that he declared by effect, that he knew their wicked
enterprise; for God's power is everywhe...
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And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the
children of men builded.
This is spoken after the manner of men: Psalms 113:6....
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There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention
may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with
facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
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5._And the Lord came down_. The remaining part of the history now
follows, in which Moses teaches us with what ease the Lord could
overturn their insane attempts, and scatter abroad all their
preparat...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 AND 11.
Chapter s 10, 11 give us the history of the world as peopled and
established after the deluge, and the ways of men in this new world;
the great pla...
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AND THE LORD CAME DOWN TO SEE THE CITY AND THE TOWER,.... Not locally
or visibly, being immense, omnipresent, and invisible; nor in order to
see and take notice of what he otherwise could not see from...
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_And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the
children of men builded._
Ver. 5. _And the Lord came down._] _Non motu locali, sed actu
iudiciali_ .
_ To see the city, & c._] That so...
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_And the Lord came down to see the city_ This is an expression after
the manner of men; he knew it as clearly as men know that which they
come upon the place to view.
Genesis 11:6. _And the Lord said,...
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1 One language in the world.
3 The building of Babel.
5 The confusion of tongues.
10 The generations of Shem.
27 The generations of Terah the father of Abram.
31 Terah goeth from Vr to Haran.
1...
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The Beginning of the Various Languages...
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And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the
children of men builded. God could not let this challenge to His
almighty government of the world go unanswered. He made arrangements
to...
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FOURTH SECTION
_The Tower of Babel, the Confusion of Languages, and the Dispersion of
the Nations_
GENESIS 11:1-9
1And the whole earth was of one language [lip], and of one speech.
2And it came to p...
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BABEL: THE CITY AND THE TOWER
Up to this time there was only one language. In the world today men
wish they could have this advantage, but God is wiser than men. Men
desire this for the very same rea...
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5-9 Here is an expression after the manner of men; The Lord came down
to see the city. God is just and fair in all he does against sin and
sinners, and condemns none unheard. Pious Eber is not found...
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Not by local descent, for he is every where; but by the manifestation
of his presence and the effects of his power in that place. TO SEE THE
CITY AND THE TOWER, i.e. to know the truth of the fact, the...
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This is a chapter of very deep interest to the spiritual mind. It
records two great facts, namely, the building of Babel, and the call
of Abraham; or, in other words, man's effort to provide for himse...
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Genesis 11:5 LORD H3068 down H3381 (H8799) see H7200 (H8800) city
H5892 tower H4026 sons H1121 men...
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THE SIN OF THE NATIONS (11:1-9).
We are now to be shown why the nations divided up into different
languages with the consequent suspicions, hatreds and warfares which
resulted. Overall it will be seen...
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Genesis 11:1.
From the text we gather these practical suggestions:
I. Examine carefully the quality and meaning of every new plan of
life.
II. Beware of the sophism that Heaven helps those who help...
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CONTENTS: Failure under Noamic covenant. Tower of Babel. Scattering of
the people. Ancestry of Abram.
CHARACTERS: Shem, Terah, Abram, Lot, Sarai.
CONCLUSION: Man ever builds under the heavens, seeki...
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Genesis 11:1. _One language_ or lip. These words are to be literally
understood, because it is added, God confounded their language. There
has been a long and unavailing dispute whether the Chaldaic,...
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_The Lord came down to see_
GOD’S VISITATION
1_._
Men’s apostasy and proud attempts are knit together with God’s
visitation.
2. God is below when men think He hath forsaken the earth, and is near...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 11:1 The story of the Tower of Babel is more
important than its length suggests. It tells of a unified humanity
using all its resources to establish a city that is the antithes...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
The whole earth.] The then known world with all its human inhabitants.
ONE LANGUAGE AND OF ONE SPEECH.] _Heb. Of one lip, and one (kind of)
words._ Murphy renders, “Of one lip and one...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 11:1
AND THE WHOLE EARTH. I_.e._ the entire population of the globe, and
not simply the inhabitants of the land of Shinar (Ingiis; cf. Genesis
9:29). WAS. Prior to the dispersion s...
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Now in chapter eleven.
The whole earth was of one language, and one speech (Genesis 11:1).
Probably Hebrew because in the earlier record of the book of Genesis,
the names of the people were Hebrew n...
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Genesis 18:21 Exodus 19:11 Psalms 11:4 Psalms 33:13 Psalms 33:14...
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THE TOWER OF BABEL
Genesis 11:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We will give some suggestion as to the connecting link between our
last study, and today's. There are two outstanding considerations.
1. NOAH'S DR...
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And the Lord came down to see the city — 'Tis an expression after
the manner of men, he knew it as clearly as men know that which they
come upon the place to view. And the tower which the children of...
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How can God “come down” from heaven when He is already here (and
everywhere)?
PROBLEM: God is omnipresent, that is, everywhere at the same time
(Psalms 139:7-10). But this text declares that God “cam...