Pentecost Season · Pentecost Sunday: Vigil · Year A
Genesis 11:1-9 or Exodus 19:3-8a, 16-20b
The Tower of Babel
May 24, 2026
Overview & Insights
"Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there." (Genesis 11:7)
Humanity settles on a plain and builds a city with a tower to make a name for itself. God confuses their single language and scatters them over the earth, a scattering the Pentecost gift of tongues begins to heal.
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Commentary
Commentary on Genesis 11:1-9 (Day of Pentecost) Working Preacher
The lectionary voice on Babel and its Pentecost reversal.
Genesis 11 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse by verse study of Babel and the scattering of the nations.
Genesis 11:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentators gathered on the tower and the confusion of tongues.
Genesis 11 Commentary Precept Austin
Detailed study notes and cross references on the chapter.
Background & Word Study
Genesis 11 (Douay-Rheims with Haydock) New Advent · Catholic Encyclopedia
The Catholic text with Haydock's notes on Babel, the counterpoint to Pentecost.
Genesis - Enter the Bible Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary overview of the book of Genesis.
Genesis 1-11 Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the primeval history that closes with Babel.
Genesis 11 (Hebrew and English) Sefaria
The Hebrew text of Babel with classic Jewish commentary.
Genesis 11:1 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew word by word of the one language of the whole earth.
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