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The builders of the Tower of Babel start to argue as their language is confounded. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet, c. 1700.
- Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733.
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Credit: The builders of the Tower of Babel start to argue as their language is confounded. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet, c. 1700.
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Bible. O.T. Genesis 11.4-7
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1 print : etching ; platemark 27.8 x 18.2 cm
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And they said go to, let us build a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. Gen. 11. v. 4. G. Hoet del. M. v. dr. Gucht scul.
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Wellcome Library no. 15771i
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