Genesis 11:4
King James Version
Translation: KJV
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.Select Genesis 11:2
3And 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 morter.Select Genesis 11:3
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.Select Genesis 11:4
5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.Select Genesis 11:5
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.Select Genesis 11:6
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WEB
11:4 They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
ASV
11:4 And they said, Come, 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.
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