[158] This is the meaning which Moses appears to intend to convey, figuratively, by the expressions which follow: "For they [94] ceased," says he, "to build the city and the tower." [95] Not, indeed, because they had finished their work, but because they were prevented from accomplishing it by the confusion which supervened. Nevertheless, they have not escaped blame for their actions, inasmuch as they had decided on them and attempted to carry them out.