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Genesis 11:4
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 11:4
New Catholic Bible
4 Then they said, “Come, let us build a city and a tower so high that it touches the heavens.[a] We shall make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all throughout the earth.”
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- Genesis 11:4 Tower so high that it touches the heavens: this is a direct reference to the most important temple tower (ziggurat) found in Babylon, which goes by the name of “the house that lifts high its head.” Scholars regard the ziggurats of Babylonia as the earliest skyscrapers.
Genesis 11:4
New International Version
Genesis 11:4
New International Version
4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens,(A) so that we may make a name(B) for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered(C) over the face of the whole earth.”(D)
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