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 11:4
 11:5
11:4 They said, 'Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top shall reach the sky. Let us make ourselves a name, so that we will not be scattered all over the face of the earth.'
Vayomeru havah nivneh-lanu ir umigdal verosho bashamayim vena'aseh-lanu shem pen-nafuts al-peney kol-ha'arets.
11:5 God descended to see the city and the tower that the sons of man had built.
Vayered Adonay lir'ot et-ha'ir ve'et-hamigdal asher banu beney ha'adam.


Commentary:

descended
  An anthropomorphism denoting special attention, especially for the purpose of punishing the wicked (Moreh Nevukhim 1:10).





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