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Meanings of Tower of Babel in inglês

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torre de babel

(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another.

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        Examples for "Babel"
        1
        The fault is not yours; it is that of the social Babel.
        The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
        2
        Soccer:Liverpool forward Ryan Babel has agreed a move to German side Hoffenheim.
        The Irish Times
        3
        But a great deal of effort has been devoted to explaining Babel.
        Snow Crash
        4
        He published the Russians, Bunin and Babel, and later the great émigrés.
        All That Is
        5
        It is doomed to confusion, because it reverses the judgment of Babel.
        International Language, Past, Present & Future / With Specimens ...
        Usage of Tower of Babel in inglês
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        There could have been nothing like it since the Tower of Babel.
        The Happy Foreigner
        2
        Where could this Tower of Babel, this crazy cacophony of tongues be?
        The Irish Times
        3
        The tech industry is doing its best to topple the Tower of Babel.
        The Irish Times
        4
        The largest miniature represents the building of the Tower of Babel.
        Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and li...
        5
        Elevators haven't quite been installed in the Tower of Babel yet.
        Wired
        6
        Only builders of the Tower of Babel know the awfulness of its overthrow.
        Idolatry: A Romance
        7
        The first were called Jaredites, and came directly from the Tower of Babel.
        The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Y...
        8
        A new opera, by BALFE, is spoken of; subject, the Tower of Babel.
        Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870
        9
        She asked, Was there really anything like the Tower of Babel?
        Bloodchild and Other Stories
        10
        The Tower of Babel is thus carried up one storey higher.
        Roving East and Roving West
        11
        He calculates on rebuilding the Tower of Babel, and dethroning God.
        The Temptation of St. Antony; Or, A Revelation of the Soul
        12
        If anything, today's Tower of Babel is flat but incredibly wide.
        Existence
        13
        This Tower of Babel, when shall we have paid for it?
        New Arabian Nights
        14
        What a misfortune to mankind that the Tower of Babel was ever commenced!
        Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
        15
        NASA is the new Tower of Babel, I tell you.
        The apocalypse reader
        16
        On the contrary, he seemed quite at his ease in this Tower of Babel.
        The Fortune of the Rougons
        Translations for Tower of Babel