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Genesis 11:1-9 (RSV)

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¹ Now the whole earth had one language and few words. ² And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. ³ And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. ⁴ Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." ⁵ And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built. ⁶ And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. ⁷ Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech." ⁸ So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. ⁹ Therefore its name was called Ba'bel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.


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):
Shinar (Shy-nar): watch of him that sleeps