Genesis 11:4
Then they said,“Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth.”
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Referenced Verses
- Deut 1:28 : 28 What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there.”
- Deut 9:1 : 1 Theological Justification of the Conquest Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.
- 2 Sam 8:13 : 13 David became famous when he returned from defeating the Edomites in the Valley of Salt; he defeated 18,000 in all.
- Ps 49:11-13 : 11 Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves, 12 but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish. 13 This is the destiny of fools, and of those who approve of their philosophy.(Selah)
- Ps 92:9 : 9 Indeed, look at your enemies, O LORD! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered!
- Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.
- Dan 4:11 : 11 The tree grew large and strong. Its top reached far into the sky; it could be seen from the borders of all the land.
- Dan 4:22 : 22 it is you, O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.
- Dan 4:30 : 30 The king uttered these words:“Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?”
- Luke 1:51 : 51 He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.
- John 5:44 : 44 How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?
- Deut 4:27 : 27 Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the LORD will drive you.
- Gen 6:4 : 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days(and also after this) when the sons of God would sleep with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.
- Gen 11:8-9 : 8 So the LORD scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why its name was called Babel– because there the LORD confused the language of the entire world, and from there the LORD scattered them across the face of the entire earth.
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- Gen 11:1-33 verses88%
1 The Dispersion of the Nations at Babel The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary.
2 When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
3 Then they said to one another,“Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.”(They had brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.)
- Gen 11:5-95 verses87%
5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.
6 And the LORD said,“If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.
7 Come, let’s go down and confuse their language so they won’t be able to understand each other.”
8 So the LORD scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.
9 That is why its name was called Babel– because there the LORD confused the language of the entire world, and from there the LORD scattered them across the face of the entire earth.
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11 He replied,“To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence.”
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3 They say,‘The time is not near to build houses; the city is a cooking pot and we are the meat in it.’
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4 They also asked them,“What are the names of the men who are building this edifice?”
- Luke 14:29-302 verses70%
29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him.
30 They will say,‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’
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11 The tree grew large and strong. Its top reached far into the sky; it could be seen from the borders of all the land.
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26 Then God said,“Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”
- Neh 4:5-62 verses69%
5 Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from your sight. For they have bitterly offended the builders!
6 So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work.
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28 What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there.”
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26 So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,
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9 We inquired of those elders, asking them,‘Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?’
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15 and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.
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15 for every high tower, for every fortified wall,
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10 The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.