...and in Jerusalem. There was consummate wisdom in the plan of the builders of Babel, when they said, " Go to, let us build us A CITY and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven" (Gen. xi. 4); for the very object of building a city was to contravene the Divine...

...This is agreeable to the account which the builders of Babel give of their design. " 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," or as it may be rendered, a mark or sign, " lest...

...burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime hud they for mortar. 4. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven. Gen. xiv. 23. That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe latchet. Gen....

...This is agreeable to the account which the builders of Babel give of their design. " Arid 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," or as it may be rendered, a mark or sign, " lest...

...world spoke one language ; but they had presumptuous thoughts in building their tower, and said, " Go to, let us build us a city and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven ;" and God, to frustrate their rebellious enterprise and to disperse them over...

...and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 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...

...might be enabled to ascend up into heaven ; and this they infer from the words, '• And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven." It should be observed, that the language of the Scripture is frequently figurative,...

...men having attained to some skill in building, resolved to make themselves a name. 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...

...man, and very particular in dates. Again, we are told by the same authority, that certain, men said, " Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top shall reach to heaven ;" and that the work being commenced, and carried to a certain height, the Lord...

...Boasting. 526. Ham pride, self-righteousness and boasting been prevalent 1 Gen. 11. 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 a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole...