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Genesis 11:5
Genesis 11:5 is verse 5 of Genesis chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
King James Version
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
World English Bible
Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
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Genesis 11:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
4 “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
6 And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 18:21I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
Exodus 19:11and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
Psalms 33:13The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
Psalms 33:14From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
Jeremiah 23:23“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.