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Genesis 11:3

And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and bake them thoroughly. And they had brick for even (stone), and bitumen had they for mortar.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 to pass, as they migrated from the east, that they found a plain in Eretz Shinar; and they dwelt there.

4And they said, Come, let us build us an Ir and a Migdal, whose rosh (top) may reach unto Shomayim; and let us make us a shem, otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of kol HaAretz.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:7Come, let Us go down, and there confuse their sefat, that they may not understand one anotherʼs language.

Exodus 1:14And they made their lives bitter with avodah kashah (hard bondage), in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of avodah in the sadeh; all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.

Exodus 5:7Ye shall no more give HaAm straw to make brick, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Psalms 64:5That they may shoot in secret at the tam (innocent); 1 pitom (suddenly) do they shoot at him, and fear not. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in mine lev, Come now, I will test thee with simchah, therefore enjoy tov; and, hinei, this also is hevel.

Isaiah 9:10Therefore Hashem shall strengthen the adversaries of Retzin against him, 1 and spur on his enemies; 1

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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