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Genesis 11:5

Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

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ASV

And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

KJV

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּ֣רֶדvai.Ye.redand he came downH3381 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לִרְאֹ֥תlir.'Otto seeH7200 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָעִ֖ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
הַמִּגְדָּ֑לha.mig.Dalthe towerH4026 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
בָּנ֖וּba.Nuthey had builtH1129 →
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] children ofH1121 →
הָאָדָֽם׃ha.'a.Dam<the> humankindH120 →

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Psalms 33:13–14The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.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.”John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.Jeremiah 23:23–24“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”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.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.Genesis 3:9But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”Exodus 19:20The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,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.Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.Genesis 31:42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”Numbers 11:17And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.Ephesians 4:9What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?Psalms 14:2The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.Deuteronomy 9:13The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.Genesis 11:7Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”Genesis 35:13Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.

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