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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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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
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Where could this Tower of Babel, this crazy cacophony of tongues be?
The Irish Times
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The tech industry is doing its best to topple the Tower of Babel.
The Irish Times
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The largest miniature represents the building of the Tower of Babel.
Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and li...
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Elevators haven't quite been installed in the Tower of Babel yet.
Wired
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The project resembles a modern tower of Babel, and it's almost as ambitious.
Wired
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Only builders of the Tower of Babel know the awfulness of its overthrow.
Idolatry: A Romance
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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...
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A new opera, by BALFE, is spoken of; subject, the Tower of Babel.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870
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She asked, Was there really anything like the Tower of Babel?
Bloodchild and Other Stories
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The Tower of Babel is thus carried up one storey higher.
Roving East and Roving West
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He calculates on rebuilding the Tower of Babel, and dethroning God.
The Temptation of St. Antony; Or, A Revelation of the Soul
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A tower of Babel menaced me with tons of loose shale.
The Last of the Plainsmen
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If anything, today's Tower of Babel is flat but incredibly wide.
Existence
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This Tower of Babel, when shall we have paid for it?
New Arabian Nights
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What a misfortune to mankind that the Tower of Babel was ever commenced!
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
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