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.
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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 →