Genesis 11:1

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 11:1

one language The history of Babel ("confusion") strikingly parallels that of the professing Church. (1) Unity Genesis 11:1 --the Apostolic Church Acts 4:32; Acts 4:33 (2) Ambition Genesis 11:4 using worldly, not spiritual means Genesis 11:3 ending in a man-made unity--the papacy; (3) the confusion of tongues Genesis 11:7 --Protestantism, with its innumerable sects. (See Scofield "Genesis 11:7- :") . read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:1-32

Chapter 11Now in chapter eleven.The whole earth was of one language, and one speech ( Genesis 11:1 ).Probably Hebrew because in the earlier record of the book of Genesis, the names of the people were Hebrew names that have Hebrew meanings. And so the original language was perhaps the Hebrew language itself. "The whole earth was of one language, one speech."And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 11:1-32

Genesis 11:1. One language or lip. These words are to be literally understood, because it is added, God confounded their language. There has been a long and unavailing dispute whether the Chaldaic, the Hebrew, or the Arabic was the most ancient language. But since the oriental languages were studied, this subject has been discussed with more success. Epiphanius, a bishop of the fourth age, wrote in five languages, and he gives the name of dialects, not distinct languages, to the families... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 11:1-3

Genesis 11:1-3Of one languageGod’s gift of speech1.Language or speech God hath allowed to men as men. 2. One language did God vouchsafe to all for good. It was mainly to keep them to the Church. 3. Sin perverts the sweet blessing of one speech to conspiracy against God (Genesis 11:9). (G. Hughes, B. D.)Two kinds of unanimityMen may do wrong things unanimously, as well as things that are right. We must distinguish between union and conspiracy; we must distinguish between identity and mere... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 11:1

Gen 11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. Ver. 1. And the whole earth was of one language. ] Unity without verity, is no better than conspiracy. A legion of devils could accord to get into one man; and, though many, yet they speak and act as one in that possession. That infernal kingdom is not divided against itself. A shame for God’s saints to be at difference. What should sheep do snarling, like dogs, one at another? The children of this world are wiser, a fair... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 11:1

am 1757, bc 2247 was: Isaiah 19:18, Zephaniah 3:9, Acts 2:6 language: Heb. lip speech: Heb. words Reciprocal: Genesis 10:5 - after his Genesis 10:20 - General Genesis 11:6 - the people read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 11:1

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.And the whole earth was of one language — Now while they all understood one another, they would be the more capable of helping one another, and the less inclinable to separate. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:1

1. Whole earth… one language… one speech Hebrew, as margin, one lip and one words . The whole population of the earth was one lip, and one kind of words . They were one in the manner (lip) and the matter (words) of language, that is, they had the same words for things, and the same modes of expression. There is no tautology, as in the common translation, but there are here two distinct ideas, 1) the same stock of words, and 2) the same inflexions and pronunciation. The Noachian... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:1-9

THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES, Genesis 11:1-9. The narrative here again doubles back upon itself to give the cause of the national divisions described in chap. 10. It reverts to an event which took place in the days of Peleg, (Genesis 10:25,) the fourth in descent from Shem . As the unity of the human race, in the strictest sense of the word, is declared by the account of the deluge, which reduced all mankind to a single family from which the whole world was repeopled, so in this chapter the unity... read more

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 11:1

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 11:1-32

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 11:1-32

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 11:1-3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 11:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 11:1

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 11:1

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:1

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 11:1-9

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