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- Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other. (NIV, Genesis 11:6-7) So God made the people speak many different languages so they could not work together on building the city and tower. The He scattered the people around the world and the city was abandoned.
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Feb 3, 2022 · The builders say, ‘Come, let us bake bricks,” God says, ‘Come, let us go down’; they are concerned ‘lest we be scattered,’ and God responds by scattering them.” [86] 11:7. “Let us go down.” This is one of a few key places in the early chapters of Genesis where the plural expression “let us” is used. [87] 11:7. “confound.”
So, God "came down," and saw the great city and tower they had made. The verse uses the phrasing "let us" with respect to God. Similar language is used in Genesis 1:26 and 3:22.
Dec 3, 2020 · When God speaks in the tower of Babel story, he uses the phrase, "let us go," a possible reference to the Trinity. Some Bible scholars believe the tower of Babel episode marks the point in history when God divided the earth into separate continents.
Come, let us build ourselves a city: The heart and the materials relevant to the tower of Babel show that it was not only disobedient to God’s command to fill the earth (Genesis 9:1), but it also shows man did not believe God’s promise to never again flood the earth.
Go to, {h} let us go down, and {i} there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. (h) He speaks as though he took counsel with his own wisdom and power: that is, with the Son and holy Spirit: signifying the greatness and certainty of the punishment.
Feb 8, 2024 · God was displeased with the Tower of Babel because it symbolized human arrogance and rebellion. The people sought to build a tower to the heavens to make a name for themselves, indicating a desire for self-sufficiency and independence from God.
Being created in God’s image, mankind was meant to speak in unity in a single language: “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;”’ (Gen. 1:26(a)). God divided mankind to protect it from its own evil desires.
