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Come, let`s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another`s speech."
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A Glimpse of the Trinity
When God says, "Come, let us go down," commentators like Calvin and Gill argue He is not speaking to angels, as confounding language is a divine act. Instead, this is seen as an internal dialogue within the Godhead. This plural language, similar to "Let us make man" in Genesis 1, is viewed as an early scriptural hint of the triune nature of God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—acting in unity.
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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
Go to, let us go down. We have said that Moses has presented the case to us using the figure hypotyposis, so that God's judgments…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Go to, let us go down, [and] there confound their language , &c.]
These words are not spoken to the angels, as the…
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…