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Genesis 11:4

The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 11:4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The tower of Babel.

I. A MONUMENT OF MAN'S—

1. Sinful ambition.

2. Laborious ingenuity.

3. Demonstrated feebleness.

4. Stupendous folly.

II. A MEMORIAL OF GOD'S—

1. Overruling providence.

2. Resistless power.

3. Retributive justice.

4. Beneficent purpose.—W.

HOMILIES BY J.F. MONTGOMERY

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