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Genesis 11:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Genesis 11:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Tower of Babel
11 [a]Now the whole earth had one language and few words. 2 And as men migrated from the east, 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 burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
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- 11.1-9 The tower of Babel (= Babylon) is taken as a symbol of political power, empire-building, and the civilization that opposes God’s plan. The tower was probably a ziggurat, i.e., Babylonian temple.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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