And [a]as [b]they went from the [c]East, they found a plain in the land of [d]Shinar, and there they abode.

And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick and burn it in the fire, so they had brick for stone, and slime had they instead of mortar.

Also they said, Go to, let us [e]build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto the heaven, that we may get us a name, lest we be scattered upon the whole earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 11:2 In the year one hundred and thirty after the flood.
  2. Genesis 11:2 To wit, Nimrod and his company.
  3. Genesis 11:2 That is, from Armenia where the Ark stayed.
  4. Genesis 11:2 Which was afterward called Chaldea.
  5. Genesis 11:4 They were moved with pride and ambition, thinking to prefer their own glory to God’s honor.

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