Genesis 11:3
And they said one to another, Come, let vs make bricke, and burne it in the fire. So they had bricke for stone, and slime had they in steade of morter.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2And as they went from the East, they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and there they abode.
Cross References
Genesis 11:7Come on, let vs goe downe, and there confound their language, that euery one perceiue not anothers speache.
Exodus 1:14Thus they made them weary of their liues by sore labour in clay and in bricke, and in al worke in the fielde, with all maner of bondage, which they layde vpon them most cruelly.
Exodus 5:7Ye shall giue the people no more strawe, to make bricke (as in time past) but let them goe and gather them strawe them selues:
Psalms 64:5They encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them?
Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in mine heart, Goe to nowe, I will proue thee with ioy: therefore take thou pleasure in pleasant things: and beholde, this also is vanitie.
Isaiah 9:10The brickes are fallen, but we will build it with hewen stones: the wilde figge trees are cut downe, but we will change them into ceders.
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 →