| William Wotton - Babel, Tower of - 1730 - 80 pages
...To fave the Labour of turning to the Hiftory in the xith of Gene/is, I mall fet it down at Length. And the whole Earth -was of one Language^ and of one Speech. And it came to pafs, as they journeyed from the Eaft, that they found a Plain in the Land of Shinar ; and they dwelt... | |
| Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pages
...was of one Language, and J\. of one Speech. 2 And it came to pafs as they journeyed from the Eaft, that they found a Plain in the Land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. ; And they faid one to another, Go to, let us make Brick, and burn them throughly. And they had Brick... | |
| World history - 1748 - 788 pages
...force. It is deduced from thefe words of Mojes : And it came to faff, at they journeyed from the ea/i, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. Prom whence he infers, tnaf the mountains, on which the ark refted, were in an eaftern direction from... | |
| James Parsons - Celtic languages - 1767 - 472 pages
...and of one fpeech." And then, in verfe 2, " and it came to pafs, " as they journeyed from the Baft, that they found a " plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there." Now let us examine what thefe two verfes import ; as to the firft, no body will difpute againft the... | |
| John Milton - 1795 - 260 pages
...stigmati2ed as the worst of rehels. 40. Marching from Eden towards the -.pKt, &c.1 Gen. xi, a, OK. " And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east,...they found a plain in the land of Shinar And they had hrick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. And they laid, Go to, let us huild us a city and... | |
| Literature, Modern - 1799 - 622 pages
...the paflage in Gencfis, ch. xi. ver. 2. which our tranfhtors give thus ; — " And it came to pafs, as they journeyed FROM THE EAST, that they found a...plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there." The difficulty has been to reconcile this journeying from tie Eaß to Shinar, with the fací of Noah... | |
| 1828 - 722 pages
...no connexion with the inhabitants of the great city of Nineveh, which lay due north from Babylon. ' And the whole earth was of one ' language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they f journeyed from the East, that they found a plain in the land of ' Shinar ; and they dwelt there.... | |
| Christianity - 1803 - 430 pages
...they knew) was of one lan'' guage and of one .speech. — And it came to pass as they jour'' neyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of '' Shinar and they dwelt there. — And they said one to another, •' Go to, let us make brick and burn them thoroughly, and " they... | |
| Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 494 pages
...may, from the preceding portions of Scripture, observe two different occurrences, which are geneially blended together. First, that there was a formal migration...one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed Jrom the east, that they Jound a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. But I am not certain... | |
| Jacob Bryant - History, Ancient - 1807 - 492 pages
...Paschale. p. 36. also Johan. Aiitiochen. 1. 2. p. 18. words of the historian are these : 6° earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to...plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, GO to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick... | |
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