Genesis 11:3
They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick instead of stone and tar as mortar.
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2As they journeyed in the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
Cross References
Genesis 11:7Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that they may not understand each other.”
Exodus 1:14They made their lives bitter with hard service with mortar and brick, and with all kinds of work in the fields. All their required work was hard.
Exodus 5:7“Unlike before, you must no longer give the people straw to make bricks. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Psalms 64:5They encourage themselves in an evil plan; 1 they consult privately together in order to set traps; 1 they say, “Who will see us?” 1
Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with happiness. So enjoy pleasure.” But look, this also was just a temporary breeze.
Isaiah 9:10“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with chiseled stone; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.” 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 →