Genesis 11:3
They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
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In Context
2As they travelled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
Cross References
Genesis 11:7Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
Exodus 1:14and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
Exodus 5:7“You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Psalms 64:5They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”
Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.
Isaiah 9:10“The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone. The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”
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 →