 | William Wotton - 1730 - 80 pages
...all the Earth; and they left off to build the City, therefore is the Name of it called Babel, becaufe the LORD did there confound the Language of all the Earth; and from thence did the LORD fcatter them Abroad upon the Face of all the Earth ; .Gen. xi. i,— 9. b Notum eft Labium fignificare... | |
 | Henry Owen - 1773 - 328 pages
...the following verfe:—" Therefore is the name of the city called Babel" (viz. confufan) " becaufe the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord fcatter them abroad on the face of all the earth":" that is, when, God, by the confufion of their language,... | |
 | John Richardson - 1778 - 514 pages
...the fame limited fenfe in that which follows : " Therefore is the name of " it called Babel, becaufe the Lord did there " confound the language of all the earth : " and from thence did the Lord fcatter them " abroad upon the face of all the earth." Now, if the Confufion of Speech was confined... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1779 - 510 pages
...the fame limited fenfe in that which follows : " Therefore is the name of it called Babel, becaufe the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth ¡ and from thence did the Lord fcatter then abroad upon the face of all t he earth." Now, if the confufion of fpeech was confined... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 530 pages
...is the land's name juftly turned to a Babel, Gen. xi. 9. " The name of it is called Babel, becaufe the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth, and from thence did the Lord fcatter them abroad up»n the face of the earth." When people's hearts and tongues are divided and... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years : and he died. LESSON X. GENESIS, CHAP. xr. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick,...scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. These are the generations of Shem : Shem was an hundred years old, and had Arphaxad two years after... | |
 | 1802 - 610 pages
...Therefore is the name of it called Babel, 'because the LORD .did there confound the language (LIP) of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Upon considering this passage as it stands in the narrative, we cannot have a doubt that the opinion... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 444 pages
...city, 9 "without attempting it any more. Therefore is the name of it called Babel, that is, confusion ; because the LORD did there confound the language of...scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. 10 These following [are] the generations of Shem, the ancestors of Abram, and progenitors of Clirist... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 446 pages
...9 tvit/ioiit attempting it any more. Therefore is the name of it called Babel, that is, confusion ; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth ; and from thence did the LORD scalier them abroad upon the face of all the earth. 10 Thcse./b//OT»/7?,,' [are] the generations ofShcin,... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 492 pages
...Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand each other's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence...scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. It had been in the preceding chapter men' Genesis. c. 11. v. 1. tioned, where the family of Shem was... | |
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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. Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the... 
