Gênesis 11:5-9 NVIPT

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 11:9

Babel. Hebrew = confusion. Compare Job 5:12 , another application of the Hebrew word. scatter. Septuagint same word as in Acts 8:1 . Result of which was the conversion of the Ethiopian (Acts 8:26 ) of HAM. Saul (Acts 9:0 ) of SHEM. Cornelius (Acts 10:0 ) of JAPHETH. Tongues confounded in judgment (Genesis 11:9 ). Given in grace (Acts 2:4 ). United in glory (Revelation 7:9 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 11:5

"And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded."The fact that no individuals being mentioned in this account and its action being mentioned as something that "the children of men" did, shows that God considered this event as a rebellion of all mankind against Himself. The willingness of mankind, generally, to receive the arrogance, pride and conceit of those people as their chosen way of life, and the perception of God that the cancer that began there... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 11:6

"And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do."If we have properly understood the motives and purpose underlying this evil venture, what God foresaw was that if their wickedness had been left unhindered the true knowledge of God might easily have been totally removed from the earth. The establishment of the people of Israel as a witness of God on the earth... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 11:7

"Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.""Come, let us go down ..." The plural form here suggests the Trinitarian Godhead more fully apparent in the N.T., but certainly not any kind of a conference with angels, or some kind of a "community of gods," as imagined by some. Also, it is the height of superlative naivete that prompts men to bother with trying to reduce all these anthropomorphisms to descriptions of where God was when... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 11:8

"So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of the earth: and they left off building the city."God's interference with evil was successful. Of course, having endowed humanity with the freedom of the will, God would never compel people to obey Him, but as an inducement to encourage them toward the right decisions, He would forever see to it that, "The way of the transgressor is hard" (Proverbs 13:15). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 11:9

"Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth."This is the conclusion of this remarkably important episode. We shall notice, in passing, some of the insinuations against this account, not because of any value in them, but as a notation that evil men are STILL opposed to the will of God. Skinner called this account "a myth,"[14] and Neil spoke of it as "a... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 11:5

Genesis 11:5. And the Lord came down to see, &c. — All allow, the Lord's coming down to see the city and tower, is to be understood, "after the manner of men," by way of accommodation to our conceptions; and means no more, than that by the effects he made it appear, that he observed their motions, and knew their intentions: and this is a very proper way, in our embodied state, of representing the actions of Deity. Some suppose, that the Messiah, the Word of God, is here meant. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 11:6

Genesis 11:6. The people is one— One in sentiment and design, and one in language also: this seems to confirm the opinion advanced in note on Genesis 11:1. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 11:7

Genesis 11:7. Let us go down, &c.— God is said to go down, when he executes any work upon earth, which makes his power and presence signally known. The plural us is another proof of the sacred doctrine of the Trinity. See note on ch. Genesis 1:26. And there confound their language— If this word (language) in the first verse, imports not only speech, but sentiment, the confusion here occasioned by the Lord among them, must have been in both. He not only occasioned a confusion and dissension... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 11:6

6. and now nothing will be restrained from them—an apparent admission that the design was practicable, and would have been executed but for the divine interposition. read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 11:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 11:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 11:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 11:7

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 11:8

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 11:9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 11:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 11:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 11:7

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 11:6

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