Genesis 11

Treated in 5 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 11:4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth." 2
  • 11:7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another." 1
  • 11:9 That is why it was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth. 1
  • 11:31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there. 1

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Where it is preached

  1. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Abraham cites Genesis 11:31

    …possessions. As we compare the verses of Hebrews above with the historic account found in Genesis 11:31 we see that, though God was calling Abram (later Abraham) to the promised land of Canaan…

  2. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Christian Conception of God—The Infinite Perfection and Unity of God cites Gen. 11:7

    …1:26, we read that God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." And in Gen. 11:7, He is further recorded as saying: "Go to, let us go down, and there confound their…

  3. The Big Story · Ochorus Originals

    Floods and Towers cites Genesis 11:4

    …we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth” (Genesis 11:4). That’s the heart of it: make a name for ourselves. It’s Eden all over again, people…

  4. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    Is It Wrong to Be Ambitious? cites Genesis 11:4

    …a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves” (Genesis 11:4). For ourselves. A name for ourselves. That’s selfish ambition: greatness as a way of…

  5. Tell Me the Story – Book 1: In the Beginning · Ochorus Originals

    The Tower That Reached Too High cites Genesis 11:9

    …why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world.” — Genesis 11:9 After the flood, Noah’s family grew and grew. Children were born, and then grandchildren…