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| − | |And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. | + | |And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. |
| | |They said to one another, "Come on, let us make bricks, and burn them very hot!" They used brick instead of stone, and [[bitumen]] instead of mortar. | | |They said to one another, "Come on, let us make bricks, and burn them very hot!" They used brick instead of stone, and [[bitumen]] instead of mortar. |
| | |Literally, "one man said to his friend, 'Let us make bricks, and burn them with burning." | | |Literally, "one man said to his friend, 'Let us make bricks, and burn them with burning." |
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| − | |Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. | + | |Therefore, is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. |
| | |For that reason the place is called Babel, because the L<small>ORD</small> confused the language of all the earth, and from that place the L<small>ORD</small> scattered them abroad on the face of the whole earth. | | |For that reason the place is called Babel, because the L<small>ORD</small> confused the language of all the earth, and from that place the L<small>ORD</small> scattered them abroad on the face of the whole earth. |
| | |The [[Hebrew]] name '''בבל''' (''Babel'') and the verb '''בלל''' (''Balal'', he confused) are quite similar, as one can see. | | |The [[Hebrew]] name '''בבל''' (''Babel'') and the verb '''בלל''' (''Balal'', he confused) are quite similar, as one can see. |
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| | |And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. | | |And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. |
| | |and blessed by the Most High God, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand!" And Abram gave Melchizedek a ten-percent offering of everything he had. | | |and blessed by the Most High God, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand!" And Abram gave Melchizedek a ten-percent offering of everything he had. |
| − | |This is the first [[tithe]] ([[Hebrew]] '''מעשר''' (''maaser'') and the precedent for the ten-percent gift to God. | + | |This is the first [[tithe]] ([[Hebrew]] '''מעשר''' (''maaser'')) and the precedent for the ten-percent gift to God. |
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