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...they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for...name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. How many have been put upon great, and troublesome, and chargeable, and sometimes...

...find in Scripture, the intentions of the builders are, in our translation, rendered in these words, " And they said, go to, let us build us a city, and...name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth," (Gen. xi. 4.) The words in italics are not in tho original. This clause of the verse,...

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...whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. See on ver. 4, and on chap. 2. 20. Ver. 3. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick,...had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. The soil of ancient Assyria and Babylonia consists of a fine clay, mixed with sand, with which, as...

...never fading memory might be raised and supported to the perpetuating of an imaginary existence. So " they said, Go to : let us build us a city, and a tower...may reach unto heaven ; and LET us MAKE us A NAME." (Gen. xi. 4.) This was the origin of one schism in the world ; which stands upon record ; and we may...

...the Creator, knew the thoughts of men's hearts as well as their actions, they said one to another, " Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top...name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." And Nimrod, the chief of the city, laid the foundation of a tower close by the temple...

...Their design in the erection is thus expressed in their own language : " Let us build a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us...name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." It appears, then, that they were desirous of acquiring celebrity ; for that is the...

...us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a...name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded....

...world became sharers of their knowledge. In Gen. xi. it is stated, the people said one to another, " Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose...make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the surface of the whole earth." And we are informed by the same authority, that the Lord frustrated their...