Genesis 11:4

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

And they said {H559}, Go to {H3051}, let us build {H1129} us a city {H5892} and a tower {H4026}, whose top {H7218} may reach unto heaven {H8064}; and let us make {H6213} us a name {H8034}, lest we be scattered abroad {H6327} upon the face {H6440} of the whole earth {H776}.

Then they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city with a tower that has its top reaching up into heaven, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth.”

“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
  • Deuteronomy 1:28

    Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people [is] greater and taller than we; the cities [are] great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
  • John 5:44

    How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that [cometh] from God only?
  • Luke 1:51

    He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
  • Proverbs 10:7

    ¶ The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
  • Deuteronomy 9:1

    ¶ Hear, O Israel: Thou [art] to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
  • Daniel 4:30

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
  • 2 Samuel 8:13

    And David gat [him] a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, [being] eighteen thousand [men].

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