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title: Genesis 11:7
url: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/genesis-11-7/
markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/genesis-11-7.md
type: verse
perspective: Protestant (historic Nicene) response to Jehovah's Witness teaching
reference: Genesis 11:7
testament: OT
section: Law
index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt
---

# Genesis 11:7

## Text (Berean Standard Bible)

> Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

## JW Usage

At Babel, "Come, let us go down and confuse their language" — the Watchtower reads this the same way it reads Genesis 1:26 and 3:22: Jehovah speaking to Jesus, possibly with angels present. The plural is treated as decisive evidence that a second divine party was active in creation and judgment.

## Protestant Usage

The Babel passage has a diagnostic feature that rules out the "external helper" reading. Verse 5 has Jehovah alone going down to see the city ("the LORD came down"). Verse 8 has Jehovah scattering them — singular. Verse 9 has "there the LORD confused the language" — singular verb. Only verse 7 uses the plural, and it is embedded inside a passage where every other action is attributed to Jehovah alone. Angels do not confuse languages; no Scripture attributes that act to a creature. The plural of deliberation ("let us go down") and the singular of execution ("the LORD confused") pattern together match the internal plurality of the one God. Isaiah 44:24 is again the lock on the door: Jehovah created, scattered, and judged "alone." The "us" must be within Jehovah himself.

## Arguments Using This Verse

- [Let Us Make Man — The Isaiah 44:24 Trap](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/genesis1-26-let-us.md) — Genesis 1:26 / Isaiah 44:24 / Job 33:4 [Deity of Christ]