Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Genesis 11:4
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Genesis11:4
4. a tower whose top may reach unto heaven--a common figurative expression for great height (De 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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