“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 morter.”

Genesis 11:3 (KJV) |

Genesis 11:3

From Genesis 11, in the Book of Genesis (Old Testament).

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And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

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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.

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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 morter.

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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 abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

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And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

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