Genesis 11:3 “And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them…”

Genesis 11:3

And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.

Young's Literal Translation

and they say each one to his neighbour, 'Give help, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.

Bible in Basic English

And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.

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Cross references

“Go to”

James 5:1 Genesis 11:4 Genesis 11:7 Psalm 64:5 Proverbs 1:11 Ecclesiastes 2:1

James 5:1 · BSB

Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

Genesis 11:4 · BSB

“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

Genesis 11:7 · BSB

Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

Psalm 64:5 · BSB

They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

Proverbs 1:11 · BSB

If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

Ecclesiastes 2:1 · BSB

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

“not as”

Hebrews 10:24 Hebrews 3:13

Hebrews 10:24 · BSB

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

Hebrews 3:13 · BSB

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

“brick”

Exodus 1:14 2 Samuel 12:31 Isaiah 9:10 Exodus 5:7–18 Isaiah 65:3 Nahum 3:14

Exodus 1:14 · BSB

and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

2 Samuel 12:31 · BSB

David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops return…

Isaiah 9:10 · BSB

“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”

Exodus 5:7–18 · BSB

“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.

Isaiah 65:3 · BSB

to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,

Nahum 3:14 · BSB

Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

“slime”

Genesis 14:10 Exodus 2:3

Genesis 14:10 · BSB

Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.

Exodus 2:3 · BSB

But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

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