Genesis 11:4
2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
“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.”
5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
6 And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
Her forteller Bibelen en historie om noen andre. Spør deg selv hva den kan si oss i dag. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Så sa de: Kom, la oss bygge oss en by med et tårn som når opp til himmelen, og gjøre oss et navn, så vi ikke skal spres over hele jorden!
- OTB
- Så sa de: “Kom, la oss bygge oss en by, med et tårn som når opp til himmelen, for å gjøre oss et navn; ellers blir vi spredt over hele jordens overflate.”
- B1930
- Så sa de: Kom, la oss bygge oss en by med et tårn som når op til himmelen, og gjøre oss et navn, så vi ikke skal spres over hele jorden!
- BSB
- “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.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
- BLB
- And they said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city and a tower, and its top in the heavens, and let us make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
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Kryssreferanser
Deuteronomy 1:28
Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
Les i sammenhengJohn 5:44
How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
Les i sammenhengLuke 1:51
He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
Les i sammenhengDeuteronomy 9:1
Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
Les i sammenhengDaniel 4:30
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
Les i sammenhengProverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 49:11–13
Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
Les i sammenheng2 Samuel 8:13
And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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