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Genesis 11:5

The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 11:5

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

The cities of men and the city of God

(; ).

I. THEIR BUILDERS. Of the first, men—mostly wicked men; of the second, the Architect of the universe.

II. THEIR ORIGIN. Of the first (Enoch, ; and Babel, ), hostility to God; of the second, love to man.

III. THEIR DESIGN. Of the first, to be a bond of union among sinners; of the second, to be a residence for God's children.

IV. THEIR APPEARANCE. Of the first, that of slime, mud, bricks, or at best stones; of the second, that of gold and pearls.

V. THEIR DURATION. Of the first, it is written that with all the other works of man, they shall be burnt up; of the second that it shall be everlasting.—W.

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