 | James Martin Gray - 1918 - 234 Seiten
...importance. And on the plain of Shinar they said, "Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven, and let us make us a name ; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth" (Gen. 11:4). The attempt was a failure.... | |
 | John Woolman - 1922 - 718 Seiten
...or Babylon, was built in the spirit of self -exaltation. "Let us build us a City and a Tower, whose top may reach to heaven, and let us make us a name." Gen. xi. 4. In departing from an humble trust in God, and following a selfish spirit, people have intentions... | |
 | 1927 - 486 Seiten
...stone, and slime had they for mortar. They also said, "Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." But the Lord came down to see the city... | |
 | Yehuda Liebes, Yh?dah Liybes - 1993 - 240 Seiten
...tower made their intentions clear: "And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name [compare "man of renown" earlier] lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth" (Genesis... | |
 | Ya'acov Agam - 1993 - 688 Seiten
...stone, and slime had they for mortar. And they said, Come, let us build us a city and 4 a tower, whose top may reach to heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the LORD came down to see the city... | |
 | Thomas Fleming - 2004 - 280 Seiten
...tower of Babel brought divine punishment: And they said, Go to, let us build a city, and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth And the Lord said, Behold, the people... | |
 | Robert Berringer - 2005 - 212 Seiten
...(Sumer) and they dwelt there. And they said one to another... let us build a city and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name (spaceship), lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And Yahweh came down to... | |
 | Gerald Massey - 2007 - 682 Seiten
...Noah came to dwell. And they said one to another "Go to ... Let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach to heaven, and let us make us a name lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." In this account we find three figures... | |
 | Graham W. Hardy - 2007 - 168 Seiten
...sanctuary on top, for this tower would be a monument to their own conceit. "Let us a build a tower whose top may reach to heaven and let us make us a name." No temple for worship here, but a symbol of arrogance and defiance against God. Now to Act Three, which... | |
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Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 
