Tower Of Babel

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, — read the full passage →

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, — read the full passage →

And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,

And these <FI>are<Fi> births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge. — read the full passage →

therefore hath <FI>one<Fi> called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;

And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;

Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'

and Jehovah saith, `Lo, the people <FI>is<Fi> one, and one pronunciation <FI>is<Fi> to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.

And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;

For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him <FI>with<Fi> one shoulder.

And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;

and they say each one to his neighbour, `Give help, let us make bricks, and burn <FI>them<Fi> thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.

By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

whither are we going up? our brethren have melted our heart, saying, A people greater and taller than we, cities great and fenced to heaven, and also sons of Anakim--we have seen there.

And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: -- — read the full passage →

In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam--He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.

and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded; — read the full passage →

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings--

Because Babylon goeth up to the heavens, And because it fenceth the high place of its strength, From Me come into it do spoilers, An affirmation of Jehovah.

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

Hear a word of Jehovah, O nations, And declare ye among isles afar off, and say: He who is scattering Israel doth gather him, And hath kept him as a shepherd <FI>doth<Fi> his flock,

Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself--unto His heart.

The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them--they <FI>are<Fi> the heroes, who, from of old, <FI>are<Fi> the men of name.

He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

And I have caused <FI>some<Fi> to remain, In their being to you the escaped of the sword among nations, In your being scattered through lands.

`Jehovah doth lift up against thee a nation, from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle it flieth; a nation whose tongue thou hast not heard,

and I go down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to cause it to go up out of the land, unto a land good and broad, unto a land flowing with milk and honey--unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

and make their lives bitter in hard service, in clay, and in brick, and in every <FI>kind<Fi> of service in the field; all their service in which they have served <FI>is<Fi> with rigour.

And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.

These <FI>are<Fi> births of Shem: Shem <FI>is<Fi> a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, — read the full passage →

if, then, I do not know the power of the voice, I shall be to him who is speaking a foreigner, and he who is speaking, is to me a foreigner;

for he who is speaking in an <FI>unknown<Fi> tongue--to men he doth not speak, but to God, for no one doth hearken, and in spirit he doth speak secrets;

And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

the <FI>son<Fi> of Serug, the <FI>son<Fi> of Reu, the <FI>son<Fi> of Peleg, the <FI>son<Fi> of Eber, — read the full passage →

Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.

Then I have gathered all the nations, And caused them to go down unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, And I have been judged with them there, Concerning My people and Mine inheritance--Israel, Whom they scattered among nations, And My land they have apportioned.

And Johanan son of Kareah hath spoken unto Gedaliah in secret, in Mizpah, saying, `Let me go, I pray thee, and I smite Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and no one doth know; why doth he smite thy soul? and scattered have been all Judah who are gathered unto thee, and perished hath the remnant of Judah.'

Lo, I am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah, A nation--strong it <FI>is<Fi> , a nation--from of old it <FI>is<Fi> , A nation--thou knowest not its tongue, Nor understandest what it speaketh.

The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.

For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people.

`Bricks have fallen, and hewn work we build, Sycamores have been cut down, and cedars we renew.'

To enter into cavities of the rocks, And into clefts of the high places, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.

Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency.

Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.

Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.

And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness <FI>is<Fi> under His feet.

Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike--

And Haman saith to the king Ahasuerus, `There is one people scattered and separated among the peoples, in all provinces of thy kingdom, and their laws <FI>are<Fi> diverse from all people, and the laws of the king they are not doing, and for the king it is not profitable to suffer them;

And he saith, `I have seen all Israel scattered on the hills as sheep that have no shepherd, and Jehovah saith, These have no master; they turn back each to his house in peace.'

then hath Jehovah thy God turned back <FI>to<Fi> thy captivity, and pitied thee, yea, He hath turned back and gathered thee out of all the peoples whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.

`Hear, Israel, thou art passing over to-day the Jordan, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself; cities great and fenced in the heavens;

`And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land which He hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to thee--cities great and good, which thou hast not built,

and Jehovah hath scattered you among the peoples, and ye have been left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah leadeth you,

And Jehovah cometh down on mount Sinai, unto the top of the mount, and Jehovah calleth for Moses unto the top of the mount, and Moses goeth up.

and mount Sinai <FI>is<Fi> wholly a smoke from the presence of Jehovah, who hath come down on it in fire, and its smoke goeth up as smoke of the furnace, and the whole mount trembleth exceedingly;

and have been prepared for the third day; for on the third day doth Jehovah come down before the eyes of all the people, on mount Sinai.

`And this day hath become to you a memorial, and ye have kept it a feast to Jehovah to your generations; --a statute age-during; ye keep it a feast. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `One plague more I do bring in on Pharaoh, and on Egypt, afterwards he doth send you away from this; when he is sending you away, he surely casteth you out altogether from this <FI>place<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

`Ye do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks, as heretofore--they go and have gathered straw for themselves;

And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter <FI>is<Fi> between them;

I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming unto Me they have done completely--and if not--I know;'

And the valley of Siddim <FI>is<Fi> full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the mountain.

These <FI>are<Fi> sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations.

And Arphaxad hath begotten Salah, and Salah hath begotten Eber.

These <FI>are<Fi> sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, `As Nimrod the hero <FI>in<Fi> hunting before Jehovah.'

These three <FI>are<Fi> sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread.

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth; — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them, — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

`Take in thy hand great stones, and thou hast hidden them, in the clay, in the brick-kiln, that <FI>is<Fi> at the opening of the house of Pharaoh in Tahpanhes, before the eyes of the men of Judah,

And it hath been, as a roe driven away, And as a flock that hath no gatherer, Each unto his people--they turn, And each unto his land--they flee.

Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

Lo, Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste, And hath overturned <FI>it on<Fi> its face, And hath scattered its inhabitants.

Therefore the heavens I cause to tremble, And the earth doth shake from its place, In the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts, And in a day of the heat of his anger.