Genesis 11:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

But the Lord came downe, to see the citie and towre, which the sonnes of men builded.

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  • Gen 18:21 : 21 I will goe downe nowe, and see whether they haue done altogether according to that crie which is come vnto me: and if not, that I may knowe.
  • Exod 19:11 : 11 And let them be ready on the third day: for the thirde day the Lorde will come downe in the sight of all the people vpon mount Sinai:
  • Exod 3:8 : 8 Therefore I am come downe to deliuer them out of the hande of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that lande into a good lande and a large, into a lande that floweth with milke and honie, euen into the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites.
  • Exod 19:20 : 20 (For the Lorde came downe vpon mount Sinai on the toppe of the mount) and when the Lord called Moses vp into the top of the mount, Moses went vp.
  • John 3:13 : 13 For no man ascendeth vp to heauen, but he that hath descended from heauen, that Sonne of man which is in heauen.
  • Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature, which is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and open vnto his eyes, with whome we haue to doe.
  • Ps 11:4 : 4 The Lord is in his holy palace: the Lordes throne is in the heauen: his eyes wil consider: his eye lids will try the children of men.
  • Ps 33:13-14 : 13 The Lorde looketh downe from heauen, and beholdeth all the children of men. 14 From the habitation of his dwelling he beholdeth all them that dwell in the earth.
  • Jer 23:23-24 : 23 Am I a God at hande, saith the Lord, and not a God farre off? 24 Can any hide him selfe in secrete places, that I shall not see him, sayth the Lorde? Do not I fill heauen and earth, saieth the Lord?
  • Exod 19:18 : 18 And mount Sinai was all on smoke, because the Lorde came downe vpon it in fire, and the smoke therof ascended, as the smoke of a fornace, and all the mount trembled exceedingly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 11:1-4
    4 verses
    87%

    1 Then the whole earth was of one language and one speache.

    2 And as they went from the East, they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and there they abode.

    3 And they said one to another, Come, let vs make bricke, and burne it in the fire. So they had bricke for stone, and slyme had they in steade of morter.

    4 Also they said, Goe to, let vs builde vs a citie and a towre, whose top may reache vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a name, lest we be scattered vpon the whole earth.

  • Gen 11:6-9
    4 verses
    84%

    6 And the Lord said, Beholde, the people is one, and they all haue one language, and this they begin to doe, neither can they now be stopped from whatsoeuer they haue imagined to do.

    7 Come on, let vs goe downe, and there confound their language, that euery one perceiue not anothers speache.

    8 So ye Lord scattered them from thence vpon all the earth, & they left off to build the citie.

    9 Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because the Lorde did there confounde the language of all the earth: from thence then did the Lord scatter them vpon all the earth.

  • 2 The Lord looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men, to see if there were any that would vnderstand, and seeke God.

  • Gen 18:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20 Then the Lorde saide, Because the crie of Sodom and Gomorah is great, and because their sinne is exceeding grieuous,

    21 I will goe downe nowe, and see whether they haue done altogether according to that crie which is come vnto me: and if not, that I may knowe.

  • 20 (For the Lorde came downe vpon mount Sinai on the toppe of the mount) and when the Lord called Moses vp into the top of the mount, Moses went vp.

  • 11 And hee saide vnto mee, To builde it an house in the lande of Shinar, and it shall be established and set there vpon her owne place.

  • 12 Then he dreamed, & behold, there stoode a ladder vpon the earth, and the top of it reached vp to heauen: and loe, the Angels of God went vp and downe by it.

  • 3 For beholde, the Lorde commeth out of his place, and will come downe, and tread vpon the hie places of the earth.

  • 38 Behold, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that the citie shalbe built to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel, vnto the gate of the corner.

  • 2 God looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men, to see if there were any that would vnderstand, and seeke God.

  • 5 When the Lorde sawe that the wickednesse of man was great in the earth, and all the imaginations of the thoughtes of his heart were onely euill continually,

  • 1 So when men beganne to be multiplied vpon the earth, and there were daughters borne vnto them,

  • 28 And looking towarde Sodom and Gomorah and toward all the land of the plaine, behold, he sawe the smoke of the lande mounting vp as the smoke of a fornace.

  • 6 Nowe when this was noised, the multitude came together and were astonied, because that euery man heard them speake his owne language.

  • 5 And the Lorde descended in the cloude, and stoode with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.

  • 12 The defence also of the height of thy walles shall he bring downe and lay lowe, and cast them to the ground, euen vnto the dust.

  • 8 Goe vp to the mountaine, & bring wood, and build this House, and I wil be fauourable in it, and I will be glorified, sayth the Lord.

  • 13 For we will destroy this place, because the crye of them is great before the Lorde, and the Lord hath sent vs to destroy it.

  • 5 Then the Lorde came downe in the pillar of the cloude, and stoode in the doore of the Tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam, & they both came forth.

  • 11 And the worde of the Lord came to Salomon, saying,