Genesis 11
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Genesis 11:4-6

4And they saidוַיֹּאמְר֞וּvai.yo.me.RuH559,Go toהָ֣בָה׀Ha.vahH3051,let us buildנִבְנֶה־niv.neh-H1129us a cityעִ֗יר'IrH5892and a towerוּמִגְדָּל֙u.mig.DalH4026,whose topוְרֹאשׁ֣וֹve.ro.ShoH7218may reachunto heavenבַשָּׁמַ֔יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064;and let us makeוְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־ve.na.'a.seh-H6213us a nameשֵׁ֑םShemH8034,lest we be scattered abroadנָפ֖וּץna.FutzH6327upon the faceפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440of the whole earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.
5And the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068came downוַיֵּ֣רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381to seeלִרְאֹ֥תlir.'OtH7200the cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892and the towerהַמִּגְדָּ֑לha.mig.DalH4026,which the childrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of menהָאָדָֽם׃ha.'a.DamH120buildedבָּנ֖וּba.NuH1129.
6And the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Behold, the peopleעַ֤ם'amH5971isoneאֶחָד֙'e.ChadH259,and they have all oneאַחַת֙'a.ChatH259languageוְשָׂפָ֤הve.sa.FahH8193;and this they beginהַחִלָּ֣םha.chi.LamH2490to doלַעֲשׂ֑וֹתla.'a.SotH6213:and now nothingלֹֽא־lo'-H3605H3808will be restrainedיִבָּצֵ֣רyi.ba.TzerH1219from them, which they have imaginedיָזְמ֖וּya.ze.MuH2161to doלַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃La.'a.SotH6213.
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