Genesis 11:5
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And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.

Genesis 18:21
I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me; or whether it be not so, that I may know.

Exodus 3:8
And knowing their sorrow, I am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land into a good and spacious land, into a land that floweth with milk and honey, to the places of the Chanaanite, and Hethite, and Amorrhite, and Pherezite, and Hevite, and Jebusite.

Exodus 19:11
And let them be ready against the third day; for on the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people, upon Mount Sinai.

Exodus 19:18
And all Mount Sinai was on a smoke: because the Lord was come down upon it in fire, and the smoke arose from it as out of a furnace: and all the mount was terrible.

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And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.

Genesis 18:21 I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me; or whether it be not so, that I may know.

Exodus 19:11 And let them be ready against the third day; for on the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people, upon Mount Sinai.

Psalm 11:4 For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?

Psalm 33:13,14 The Lord hath looked from heaven: he hath beheld all the sons of men. . . .

Jeremiah 23:23,24 Am I, think ye, a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? . . .

John 3:13 And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.

Context
The Tower of Babel
4And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven; and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands. 5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.6And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.…
Lexicon
Then the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

came down
וַיֵּ֣רֶד (way·yê·reḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

to see
לִרְאֹ֥ת (lir·’ōṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

the city
הָעִ֖יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

and the tower
הַמִּגְדָּ֑ל (ham·miḡ·dāl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4026: A tower, a rostrum, a, bed of flowers

that
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the sons
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of men
הָאָדָֽם׃ (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

were building.
בָּנ֖וּ (bā·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build


Additional Translations
Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.

And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men were building.

Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
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