Genesis 11:4

ESV
Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth."
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Genyeoh

wrote a note on Genesis 11:2-4 ESV

the divine command to replenish the earth, were unwilling to separate. The more pious and well-disposed would of course obey the divine will; but a numerous body, seemingly the ...

May 7

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Genyeoh

wrote a note on Genesis 11:4 ESV

When God commanded man to "be fruitful and multiply" he meant it. The people who wanted to build the tower of Babel were unwilling to multiply and fill the earth, they wanted to...

May 7

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Todd.Jenny.Gordon

wrote a note on Genesis 11:4 ESV

They totally lost sight that God wanted them to disperse throughout all of the land. Do you think we would still have one language if this wouldn't have happened?

Oct 29