Pentecost Season · Pentecost Sunday: Vigil · Year B
Genesis 11:1-9 or Exodus 19:3-8a, 16-20b
The Tower of Babel
May 16, 2027
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 (Vigil of Pentecost) Working Preacher
The lectionary voice on Babel read against Pentecost.
Genesis 11 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse by verse study of the tower and the scattering of the nations.
Genesis 11:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentators gathered on the Babel narrative.
Genesis 11 Commentary Precept Austin
Detailed study notes and cross references on the chapter.
Barnes' Notes: Genesis 11 StudyLight
A historic verse by verse commentary on the passage.
The Feast of Pentecost (Cycles ABC) Agape Bible Study
A Catholic study reading Babel undone by the outpouring of the Spirit.
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