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Narrator And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shi'nar, and they dwelt there. And they said to one another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the face of the whole earth. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. Chorus Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. Narrator So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 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.
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Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Flieder", Genesis c.11, vv.1-9 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), "Babel", 1944 [ reciter, men's chorus and orchestra ], cantata [sung text checked 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Babel", Genèse 11: 1-9, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2013-05-08
Line count: 32
Word count: 234
Narrateur Et toute la terre avait une seule langue, et le même discours. Et il advint, comme ils voyageaient depuis l'est, qu'ils trouvèrent une plaine dans la terre de Shinéar, et ils s'installèrent là. Et ils se dirent l'un à l'autre, Allons, faisons des briques, et cuisons-les complètement. Et ils eurent des briques comme pierres et de la boue comme mortier. Et ils dirent, Allons, construisons une ville et une tour, dont le sommet puisse atteindre le ciel ; et faisons-nous un nom, de peur d'être dispersés sur la surface de toute la terre. Et Le Seigneur descendit pour voir la ville et la tour, que les enfants des hommes construisaient. Chœur Regardez, le peuple est unique et ils ont une seule langue ; et ce qu'ils commencent à faire ; et maintenant rien ne sera hors d'atteinte pour eux, de ce qu'ils auront imaginé de faire. Allons, descendons, et là confondons leur langue, de sorte qu'ils ne puissent pas comprendre le discours d'un autre. Narrateur Ainsi le Seigneur les dispersa loin de là, sur la surface de toute la terre : et ils cessèrent de construire la ville. Aussi elle fut appelée Babel ; parce que le Seigneur confondit là la langue de toute la terre : et de là le Seigneur les dispersa sur la surface de toute la terre.
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- a text in English by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Flieder", Genesis c.11, vv.1-9
This text was added to the website: 2013-06-30
Line count: 32
Word count: 222