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.

Kejadian 38:15

38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute ³  because she had covered her face.

[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.

[38:15]  ³ tn Heb “he reckoned her for a prostitute,” which was what Tamar had intended for him to do. She obviously had some idea of his inclinations, or she would not have tried this risky plan.