Genesis 11:5
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Cross-references
In Genesis 11:7, God follows His inspection by saying 'let us go down' again, resulting in language confusion.
Genesis 18:21 has God 'coming down to see' Sodom's sin, mirroring the same divine inspection at Babel.
In Genesis 3:9, God also comes down to confront Adam after the fall — a pattern of divine inspection.
In Genesis 35:13, God goes up from Jacob — the opposite direction of this descent.
In Exodus 3:8, God says 'I have come down' to rescue Israel — a direct parallel to His descent at Babel.
Jeremiah 23:23 questions if God is only near; Babel shows God coming near in judgment, affirming his nearness.
Jeremiah 23:24 declares no one can hide from God's sight, exactly what Babel's builders discovered when God came down.
In Acts 7:34, God 'comes down' to deliver Israel, echoing the same divine descent pattern here when God came down to inspect Babel.
Psalm 11:4 affirms God's heavenly throne and all-seeing eyes, underscoring that God saw Babel before descending.
Psalm 33:13 declares the LORD looks from heaven and sees all, paralleling the divine observation at Babel.
Psalm 33:14 continues: God from his dwelling place observes all inhabitants, echoing the inspection at Babel.
In Hebrews 4:13, this seeing is expanded to God's total omniscience — nothing is hidden from Him.