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Meanings of tower of babel in английском

португальский
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 английском
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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...
        Translations for tower of babel
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