Genesis 11:5
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 11
“And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.”Genesis 11:5
What Does Genesis 11:5 Mean?
Genesis 11:5 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 11, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Genesis 11:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 33:13“The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.”Genesis 18:21“I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.”John 3:13“And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.”Exodus 3:8“And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.”Genesis 3:9“And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?”Jeremiah 23:23“Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?”Hebrews 4:13“Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”Exodus 19:11“And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.”Exodus 19:20“And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.”Psalms 11:4“The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.”Genesis 31:42“Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.”Numbers 11:17“And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.”Ephesians 4:9“(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?”Genesis 11:7“Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”Genesis 35:13“And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.”Exodus 19:18“And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.”Deuteronomy 9:13“Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:”Psalms 14:2“The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.”Acts 7:34“I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.”
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