Chapter 11
Genesis 11:4
RBT Translation:
And they say, `Give, we are building for ourselves a city and tower, and his shaking-one in the Dual-Heavens,435 and we are making for ourselves a name, so that we are not being dashed-in-pieces upon the faces of the whole of the Earth.`
RBT Paraphrase:
And they are saying, "Come! We are building for ourselves a city and tower, and the head of himself is within the Dual Heavenly Ones, and we are making a name for ourselves so that we are not being scattered in pieces upon the faces of all of the whole Earthly One."
And they are saying, "Come! We are building for ourselves a city and tower, and the head of himself is within the Dual Heavenly Ones, and we are making a name for ourselves so that we are not being scattered in pieces upon the faces of all of the whole Earthly One."
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And they will say, Come, we will build to us a city, and a tower, its head to the heavens; and we will make to us a name, lest we shall be dispersed over the face of the earth.
And they will say, Come, we will build to us a city, and a tower, its head to the heavens; and we will make to us a name, lest we shall be dispersed over the face of the earth.
LITV Translation:
And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower with its head in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, that we not be scattered on the face of all the earth.
And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower with its head in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, that we not be scattered on the face of all the earth.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.
And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Footnotes
| 435 | Genesis 11:4 head in the dual-heavens. From Strong’s #7218, rosh. Meaning chief end, top of place, time, and rank. Its beginning, or source, would be ultimate religious power over the world, hence in the dual-heavens. |