112. {The Original City Builders } Upon receiving the curse of God, Cain had withdrawn from his fathers household. He had first chosen his occupation as a tiller of the soil, and he now founded a city, calling it after the name of his eldest son [Gen. 4:17]. He had gone out from the presence of the Lord, cast away the promise of the restored Eden, to seek his possessions and enjoyment in the earth under the curse of sin, thus standing at the head of that great class of men who worship the god of this world.--PP 81 (1890). {LDE 109.1} For a time the descendants of Noah continued to dwell among the mountains where the ark had rested. As their numbers increased, apostasy soon led to division. Those who desired to forget their Creator and to cast off the restraint of His law felt a constant annoyance from the teaching and example of their God-fearing associates, and after a time they decided to separate from the worshipers of God. Accordingly they journeyed to the plain of Shinar, on the banks of the river Euphrates. . . . {LDE 109.2} Here they decided to build a city, and in it a tower of such stupendous height as should render it the wonder of the world [Gen. 11:2-4].--PP 118, 119 (1890). {LDE 110.1}
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