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Genesis 11:1-9 (CEV)
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1 At first everyone spoke the same language, 2 but after some of them moved from the east and settled in Babylonia, 3 they said: Let's build a city with a tower that reaches to the sky! We'll use hard bricks and tar instead of stone and mortar. We'll become famous, and we won't be scattered all over the world. 4 (SEE 11:3) 5 But when the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower, 6 he said: These people are working together because they all speak the same language. This is just the beginning. Soon they will be able to do anything they want. 7 Come on! Let's go down and confuse them by making them speak different languages--then they won't be able to understand each other. 8 So the people had to stop building the city, because the LORD confused their language and scattered them all over the earth. That's how the city of Babel got its name. 9 (SEE 11:8)
This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 4) Selfish Ambition - Builders of Babel - wanted to make a name for themselves
This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 5) Is God present everywhere, sees all things, and knows all things? The LORD came down to see the city
This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 4) Genesis 11 - The Tower of Babel (2011-10-11)
(v. 6) 30 Days at the Cross - United Hearts (2008-08-24)
(v. 6) Genesis 11 - The Tower of Babel (2011-10-11)
Definition(s):
Babel (Beh-bel): confusion; mixture
So (Soh):
