from the east. eastward.
Shinar. Babylonia.
- The Confusion of Tongues 1. נסע nāsa‛ “pluck out, break up, journey.” מקדם mı̂qedem “eastward, or on the east side” as in Genesis 2:...
And it came to pass, (a) as (b) they journeyed from the (c) east, that they found a plain in the land of (d) Shinar; and they dwelt there. (a) One h...
The City, the Tower, and the Confusion of Speech. The section plainly belongs to J but not to the same stratum as the story of the Flood, nor is it...
2. They found a plain in the land of Shinar. It may be conjectured from these words, that Moses speaks of Nimrod and of the people whom he ha...
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. As they journeyed from the...
As they journeyed from the earth— Hence it seems to follow, that the whole posterity of Noah continued together, till now, united under one common...
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. As they journeyed...
From the east] RM 'in the east.' The writer is in Palestine. Shinar ] S. Babylonia. He rested on the seventh day ] God ceased (as the word means...
As they journeyed. — The word literally refers to the pulling up of the tent-pegs, and sets the human family before us as a band of nomads, wanderi...
the Confusion of Tongues Genesis 11:1-9 Driven by the fear of another deluge, though God had given distinct assurances to the contrary, and imp...
In this chapter we have the account of a human movement against dispersion. The movement was one of rebellion and was frustrated by divine interposit...
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. Or journeyed eastward, as...
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east ,.... That is, the inhabitants of the whole earth; not Ham and his posterity only, or Nimrod an...
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. Ver. 2. In the land of...
The whole earth was of one language This even heathen writers acknowledge; and that language was, probably, the Hebrew. They journeyed from the eas...
BABEL: THE CITY AND THE TOWER Up to this time there was only one language. In the world today men wish they could have this advantage, but God is...
The Confusion of Tongues. B. C. 2247. ...
As they journeyed from the east, i.e. Nimrod and the rest of his confederates of Ham's posterity; not from Armenia, where the ark rested, which was...
THE SIN OF THE NATIONS (11:1-9). We are now to be shown why the nations divided up into different languages with the consequent suspicions, hatred...
CRITICAL NOTES.— The whole earth. ] The then known world with all its human inhabitants. One language and of one speech. ] Heb. Of one lip, and on...
Genesis 11:1-9 . From the text we gather these practical suggestions: I. Examine carefully the quality and meaning of every new plan of life. II....
Genesis 11:1 . One language or lip. These words are to be literally understood, because it is added, God confounded their language. There has been...
Of one language God’s gift of speech 1 . Language or speech God hath allowed to men as men. 2. One language did God vouchsafe to all for...
EXPOSITION Genesis 11:1 And the whole earth . I .e. the entire population of the globe, and not simply the inhabitants of the land of...
The building of the Tower
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. From the highlands of the...
from the east. or, eastward. Genesis 13:11 Shinar. See on ver. Genesis 11:9 Genesis 10:10 Genesis 14:1 Isaiah 11:11 Daniel 1:2 Zechariah...
The Tower of Babel Genesis 11:1-9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will give some suggestion as to the connecting link between our last study, and today'...
And they found a plain in the land of Shinar — A spacious plain, able to contain them all.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.