Kejadian 11:5

11:5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people ¹  had started ²  building.

Kisah Para Rasul 7:34

7:34 I have certainly seen the suffering ³  of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. ⁴  Now ⁵  come, I will send you to Egypt.’ ⁶ 

[11:5]  ¹ tn Heb “the sons of man.” The phrase is intended in this polemic to portray the builders as mere mortals, not the lesser deities that the Babylonians claimed built the city.

[11:5]  ² tn The Hebrew text simply has בָּנוּ (banu), but since v. 8 says they left off building the city, an ingressive idea (“had started building”) should be understood here.

[7:34]  ³ tn Or “mistreatment.”

[7:34]  ⁴ tn Or “to set them free.”

[7:34]  ⁵ tn Grk “And now.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[7:34]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Exod 3:7-8, 10.