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Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
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The Danger of Unified Rebellion
Commentators explain that God's concern was not with human unity itself, but with unity directed toward a sinful purpose. The people were one, with one language, enabling them to pursue a project born of pride and a desire to defy God's command to fill the earth. This unified rebellion was seen as the "beginning of sin" that, if unchecked, would lead to escalating evil.
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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
Behold, the people is one. Some explain the words in this way: that God complains of a wickedness in men so stubborn that He stirs Himself…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord said Not to the angels, as Aben Ezra, but rather to the Son and Spirit, or within himself:
behold, …
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…
