"Let Us Go Down"
Genesis 11:7
“Let Us Go Down”
Wrapped on both sides by the One who acts alone
One came down, One scattered --- the plural lasted only as long as the word.
--- The Standing Stone ---
Behind “LORD” in your Bible lies a hidden name --- in the Hebrew it is Yahuah Psalm 83:18**; Yahuah is the Father** Isaiah 63:16**; Yahuah is the only God, beside Him there is no other** Isaiah 45:5**; therefore Yahuah the Father is the only true God, leaving no room for a second or third person** 1 Corinthians 8:6**.**
Reference Piece
The “Us” Passages
Why a plural form is not a plural God
see the reference section at the back of the book
1 --- The Claim
At the tower of Babel, men gather to build a tower up to heaven. Yahuah (God) responds. He says, “Let us go down.” Trinitarians point to this “us” as proof that more than one person lives inside Yahuah.
Genesis 11:7 (KJV)
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
2 --- The Hebrew Plural Is Real
In the Hebrew, both verbs are first-person plural, exactly as they are in English.
נֵרְדָה
nērədah
let us go down --- a first-person plural verb
“Let us go down” and “let us confuse” are both plural. So the plural is genuinely there. But once again, the verse never names who the “us” is. The plural tells you Yahuah is speaking in the presence of others. It does not tell you He is more than one person.
A king standing over a rebellious city says to his court, “Let us go down and deal with them.” The “us” gathers his servants into the announcement. It does not split the king into many. This is the speech of a sovereign who commands a host, not the speech of a committee.
3 --- Bracketed by the Singular, Before and After
Here is the detail that settles the verse. The plural “let us go down” does not stand alone. It is wrapped on both sides by the singular.
Genesis 11:5 (KJV)
And the LORD [Yahuah] came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Two verses before the “us,” the text already says the LORD [Yahuah] --- singular --- came down. One went down to see.
Genesis 11:8 (KJV)
So the LORD [Yahuah] scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
And right after the “us,” the text says the LORD [Yahuah] --- singular --- scattered them. One did the scattering.
So the order is this. One Yahuah comes down (verse 5). Yahuah announces in the hearing of His court, “Let us go down” (verse 7). One Yahuah scatters them (verse 8). The singular stands on both sides of the plural. The action, before and after, belongs to One.
4 --- Yahuah Commands; He Does Not Consult
Who, then, is the “us”? Through the Hebrew Scriptures, Yahuah is shown surrounded by His heavenly host --- the messengers who carry out His judgments in the earth. 1 Kings 22:19 shows Him enthroned with the host of heaven beside Him. Psalm 82:1 shows Him standing as judge over the assembly.
At Babel, Yahuah is a king who has looked at a rebellious city and announced His sentence in the presence of His court. The messengers are the ones who carry such judgments out across Scripture. But Yahuah does not ask them what to do. He does not take a vote. He announces, and the act is His own --- which is exactly why verse 8 says He scattered them.
5 --- Was the Son Speaking Here?
Some will say the Son was one of the speakers. But Hebrews 1:1-2 places the Son’s speaking “in these last days,” not in the days of Babel. The Son is not one of the “us” at the tower.
Conclusion
The Verdict
Read the three verses in a row and the picture is plain. One came down. One announced. One scattered. The plural lasts only as long as the announcement. The work, on every side of it, is the work of One.
If “let us go down” proves a plural God, why does the verse before say Yahuah came down alone, and the verse after say He scattered them alone? The plural is bracketed by the One who did the work.