Genesis 11:4
They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”Genesis 11:4 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — ઉત્પત્તિ ૧૧:૪
- તેઓએ કહ્યું, “આપણે એક શહેર બનાવીએ જેનો બુરજ આકાશો સુધી પહોંચે. એનાથી આપણે આપણું નામ પ્રતિષ્ઠિત કરીએ અને આપણે પૃથ્વી પર વિખેરાઈ જઈએ નહિ.”
- हिन्दी — उत्पत्ति ११:४
- फिर उन्होंने कहा, “आओ, हम एक नगर और एक मीनार बना लें, जिसकी चोटी आकाश से बातें करे, इस प्रकार से हम अपना नाम करें, ऐसा न हो कि हमको सारी पृथ्वी पर फैलना पड़े।”
In context
2As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
3They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
4They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
5The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
6The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
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