| Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1836 - 188 ページ
...upon the face of all the earth ; and they left off to build the city. Therefore was the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth. , i : , LESSON VlJ ...;. . /• peace-ful harm-less crea-ture use-ful hu-raan . . *."••. ( i .... | |
| 1839 - 868 ページ
...of the whole earth. On this account, the place was named Babel, — a word signifying confusion, " because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth." Josephns says that " the place where the tower was built is now called Babylon," and that " traditions... | |
| Henry Edward J. Howard (hon.) - 1840 - 340 ページ
...though finished afterwards upon a less ambitious scale, derived its name of Babel, or confusion,-f- " because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth." A variety of conjectures, for we can hardly call them more, have been produced as to the number of... | |
| William Osburn - 1841 - 274 ページ
...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 tlie Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth," Gen. xi. 1—9. Of this sentence the... | |
| William Osburn - 1841 - 266 ページ
...satisfactory solution of it ; but the word of God at once solves the difficulty. At Babel the Lord did confound the language of all the earth ; and from thence did the Lord scatter men abroad upon the face of all the earth, Gen. xi. 9. That fearful expression of the wrath of God... | |
| Samuel Bulfinch Emmons - 1841 - 226 ページ
...their language. This served to stop their building, and procured for it the name Babel, or Confusion, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth, and the people could not understand one another's speech. Gen. x. 3—9. BABYLON, a city, built in the... | |
| Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette - 1843 - 578 ページ
...themselves as the productions of later reflection; for example, Gen. xi. 9, " Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth." Gen. xix. 22, " Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar."* • IV. The religious and didactic... | |
| Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette - 1843 - 586 ページ
...themselves as the productions of later reflection ; for example, Gen. xi. 9, " Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth." Gen. xix. 22, " Therefore the name of the city was called Zbar."* IV. The religious and didactic design... | |
| sir George Pretyman Tomline (bart, bp. of Winchester.) - 1843 - 630 ページ
...of all the earth, and they left off to build the city.6 Therefore is the name of it called Babel f, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth." a Gen. ix. 13. ville Penn, published in the second b Gen. xi. 1. volume of the Eastern Collections,... | |
| 1845 - 822 ページ
...case of another flood. This attempt ended in confusion and dispersion : " Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth, and scatter them abroad." In this confusion the name of God became a forgotten sound — the worship of... | |
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