Genesis 11:3

And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.

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In The King James Version

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

In Context

2And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.

4And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:7Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.

Exodus 1:14And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.

Exodus 5:7Give these men no more dry stems for their brick-making as you have been doing; let them go and get the material for themselves.

Psalms 64:5\64:4\So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

Isaiah 9:10The bricks have come down, but we will put up buildings of cut stone in their place: the sycamores are cut down, but they will be changed to cedars.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:2-5

The Confusion of Tongues. ( b. c. 2247.) 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 4 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… Read the whole commentary →

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