 | 1834 - 274 pages
...confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth : and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 608 pages
...concur to assure us did take place, we may perceive, by glancing at 1 ' So the Lord spattered them abroad from thence, upon the face of all the earth ; and they left off to build the city.' Gen. xi. 8. Of Eber's sons, ' the name of one was Peleg ; for in his days was the earth divided.' Gen.... | |
 | George Croly - 1834 - 666 pages
...unsustained by Scripture. All that is told there is—" The Lord scattered the builders abroad upon the face of all the earth, and they left off to build the city." (Gen. xi. 8.) Nothing is said of its demolition. a decree against the practice as idolatrous. Gregory,... | |
 | John Dunmore Lang - 1834 - 466 pages
...may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the^fare of all the earth ; and they left off to build the city." It has hitherto been the practice of the Government of New South Wales to pursue the same uniform system... | |
 | Richard Westall, John Martin - 1835 - 204 pages
...confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth : and they left off to build the city."* The picture represents a city, with the tower behind it enveloped in clouds, through which the lightning... | |
 | 1835 - 1102 pages
...narrative, which describes ' the children of men' building the tower, until • the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth, and they left off to build the city.' (Genes, xi. 8.) The epoch at which the city and the tower were founded cannot be determined with precision... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...the earth. The Jewish historian Moses speaking of this event says : — " So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth ; and they left off to build the city. Unto Eber were born two sons ; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...the earth. The Jewish historian Moses speaking of this event says : — " So the Lord scattered them , in an instant, to pass from the confines of death to the bright and balmy regions of Unto Eber were born two sons ; ¡he name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 pages
...children of men ' building the tower, until ' the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the fare of all the .earth, and they left off to build the city.' (Genes, xi. 8.) The epoch at which the city and the tower were founded cannot be determined with precision... | |
 | 1835 - 566 pages
...children of men' building the tower, until ' the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the fare of all the earth, and they left off to build the city.' (Genes, xi. 8.) The epoch at which the city and the tower were founded cannot be determined with precision... | |
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So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth : and they left off to build the city. 
