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Genesis 11:4 KJV
Genesis · chapter 11 · verse 4
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.Genesis 11:4 · King James Version
Genesis 11:4 in context
2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
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Key words (Strong's)
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- abroadpûwtsto dash in pieces, literally or figurativelyH6327 →
- buildbânâhto buildH1129 →
- towermigdâla towerH4026 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
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The close of the foregoing chapter tells us that by the sons of Noah, or among the sons of Noah, the nations were divided in the earth after the flood, that is, were distinguished into several tribes or colonies;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4