Genesis 11:4
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 11
“And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”Genesis 11:4
What Does Genesis 11:4 Mean?
Genesis 11:4 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 11, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include New Creation.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 11:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 1:28“Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.”John 5:44“How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?”Luke 1:51“He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.”Deuteronomy 9:1“Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,”Daniel 4:30“The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?”Psalms 49:11“Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.”Proverbs 10:7“The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.”2 Samuel 8:13“And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.”Jeremiah 51:53“Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.”Luke 14:28“For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?”Genesis 6:4“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”Genesis 11:8“So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.”Deuteronomy 4:27“And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.”Psalms 92:9“For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.”Daniel 4:11“The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:”Job 20:6“Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;”Ecclesiastes 2:4“I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:”Ecclesiastes 7:29“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.”Isaiah 5:5“And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:”Daniel 4:22“It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.”
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