Genesis 11:4

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They said, "Come, let's build us a city, and a tower, whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."

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The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

The Journeys of Abraham and the PatriarchsThe journeys of Abraham and the patriarchs from Ur through Canaan and into Egypt.

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Places in this passage

Genesis 11:4 mentions Babel, Canaan, Chaldea, Haran, Shinar and Ur.

Photo of Chaldea — Chaldea · M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA.

Photo of Shinar — Shinar · Radomir Vrbovsky