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Genesis 11:7

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7 Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.

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Arcana Coelestia # 1302

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1302. Verse 4 And they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, and its head in heaven; and let us make a name for ourselves, lest perhaps we are scattered over the face 1 of the whole earth.

'And they said' means that this was done. 'Let us build ourselves a city and a tower' means that they fabricated a form of doctrine and of worship - 'a city' is doctrine, 'a tower' worship of self. 'And its head in heaven' means to the extent of their ruling over things in heaven. 'And let us make a name for ourselves' means that as a result they might gain a reputation for power. 'Lest perhaps we are scattered over the face 1 of the whole earth' means that otherwise they would not receive recognition.

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1. literally, the faces

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.