Genesis 11:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.

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  • Gen 11:1 : 1 And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
  • Luke 1:51 : 51 With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.
  • Gen 9:19 : 19 These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.
  • Acts 17:26 : 26 And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,
  • Gen 3:22 : 22 And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.
  • Judg 10:14 : 14 Go, send up your cry for help to the gods of your selection; let them be your saviours in the time of your trouble.
  • 1 Kgs 18:27 : 27 And in the middle of the day, Elijah made sport of them, saying, Give louder cries, for he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or he may have gone away for some purpose, or he may be on a journey, or by chance he is sleeping and has to be made awake.
  • Ps 2:1-4 : 1 Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish? 2 The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying, 3 Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us. 4 Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

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    7Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.

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    9So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

  • Gen 11:1-5
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    1And all the earth had one language and one tongue.

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    3And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.

    4And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

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    6And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language.

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    1And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

    2The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

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    5And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

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    12And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?

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    21In the law it is said, By men of other tongues and by strange lips will my words come to this people; and not even so will they give ear to me, says the Lord.

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    12And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.

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