Genesis 11:2-4
Lexham English Bible
2 And as people migrated[a] from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to each other,[b] “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.”[c] And they had brick for stone and they had tar for mortar. 4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top reaches to the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
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- Genesis 11:2 Or “set out”
- Genesis 11:3 Literally “each to his companion”
- Genesis 11:3 Literally “burn to burning”
Genesis 11:2-4
New International Version
2 As people moved eastward,[a] they found a plain in Shinar[b](A) and settled there.
3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks(B) and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone,(C) and tar(D) for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens,(E) so that we may make a name(F) for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered(G) over the face of the whole earth.”(H)
Footnotes
- Genesis 11:2 Or from the east; or in the east
- Genesis 11:2 That is, Babylonia
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