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Genesis 11:6

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

And the LORD said, 'Look, the people are united, and they all speak the same language. This is what they have started to do, and now nothing will stop them from accomplishing whatever they set their minds to do.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is observing that when people are completely united in purpose and communication, they become incredibly powerful and can achieve almost anything they imagine.

📚 Historical Context

This verse comes from the Tower of Babel story, where all humanity spoke one language and worked together to build a great tower reaching toward heaven. God was observing their unified effort before He decided to confuse their languages and scatter them across the earth to prevent their prideful ambition from going too far.

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