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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Genesis 11:4

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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a tower whose top may reach unto heaven--a common figurative expression for great height (Deu 1:28; 9:1-6). lest we be scattered--To build a city and a town was no crime; but to do this to defeat the counsels of heaven by attempting to prevent emigration was foolish, wicked, and justly offensive to God.
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