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Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
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God's Just Investigation
Commentators unanimously explain that God "coming down" is not a literal movement but a figure of speech. It portrays God as a just and fair king who personally investigates a situation before passing judgment. This imagery, as one scholar puts it, shows that God "condemns no one unheard," emphasizing His perfect knowledge and equity.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
נסע nāsa‛ “pluck out, break up, journey.” מקדם mı̂qedem “eastward, or on the east side” as in ([Refere…
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord came down. —The narrative is given in that simple anthropological manner usual in the Book of Genesis, which so clearly p…
16th Century
Protestant
And the Lord came down. The remaining part of the history now follows, in which Moses teaches us with what ease the Lord could overturn th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower Not locally or visibly, being immense, omnipresent, and invisib…
Here is an expression after the manner of men: the Lord came down to see the city. God is just and fair in all He does against sin and sinners, and…
