KJV:
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 upon the face of the whole earth.
NASB:
They said, "Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."
KJV:
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
NASB:
The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
KJV:
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
NASB:
So he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, "When I return safely, I will tear down this tower."
KJV:
And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
NASB:
He tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
KJV:
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
NASB:
When all the leaders of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
KJV:
And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
NASB:
It was told Abimelech that all the leaders of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
KJV:
And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
NASB:
All the people also cut down each one his branch and followed Abimelech, and put them on the inner chamber and set the inner chamber on fire over those inside, so that all the men of the tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.
KJV:
But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
NASB:
But there was a strong tower in the center of the city, and all the men and women with all the leaders of the city fled there and shut themselves in; and they went up on the roof of the tower.