 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.  Biblical natural science - Page 271by John Duns - 1863Full view - About this book
 | 1835 - 332 pages
...him HARETI ARARAT. Th« strong scriptural argument, adduced by Dr. Shuckford , from Gen. xi. 1. — "And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east,...plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there," remains undamaged, if not incontrovertible. It appears so to us; and, also, that it is strengthened... | |
 | 1835 - 428 pages
...Secondly, there is an emigration from the East into the country between the Tigris and Euphrates; " And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the East, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar." Thirdly, they had advanced somewhat in the arts of civilization ; " And they said one to another ;... | |
 | Thomas Harttree Cornish - 1836 - 538 pages
...not far distant from the " Persian Gulf." This plain commands extensive views in every direction. " And the whole earth was of one language, and of one...plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there." — Gen. xi. J, 2. OF THE CONFUSION OF LANGUAGES. [Year of the World, 1757-1 " AND they said one to... | |
 | 1836 - 710 pages
...journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. 3 And 8 they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick,...had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1836 - 938 pages
...cad AM rir. 1757. BC cir. 2247. •-> And it A ND the whole earth was of one * language, and of one for an house : AM 2513. BC 1491. An. Exod. Isr. 1....lui. 5. Nnmb. xxTÜi. 16. Esth. iii. 7. ь Or.íiW. Hn. lip. ь Heb. trords. f Or, eastward, as ch. xiii. 11. 2 Sara. vi. 2, vrithl Chron. xiii. 6. NOTES... | |
 | 1836 - 544 pages
...changes which it has undergone. The earliest mention of Babylon in history is in Gen. 11: 1 — 9. "And the whole earth was of one language,* and of...speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the East,f that they found a plainj in the land of Shinar ;§ and they dwelt there. And they said one to... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1836 - 188 pages
....i., : And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speed). And it came to pass, as they moved from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. And they said to each other, Go to, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and... | |
 | Joseph Bosworth - 1836 - 52 pages
...of one lip,+ and of like words. § "And it came to pass, as they (the families of the sons of Noah) journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there." Because the people said, "Let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and... | |
 | David James - 1836 - 116 pages
...they journeyed from the east," probably in search of fresh pasturage for their cattle, " they came and found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said, Go to, let us build a city and to .ver, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make a name, lest... | |
 | William Thistlethwaite - 1837 - 982 pages
...to discover it we must have recourse to the sacred narrative. " The whole earth," we are told, " was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to...to another, go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. And they said, let us build... | |
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