Genesis 11:2-4

New Life Version

² And as men traveled in the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and made their home there. ³ They said to one another, “Come, let us make blocks and burn them until they are hard.” They used blocks for stone, and tar to hold them together. ⁴ Then they said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, with a tower that touches the heavens. Let us make a name for ourselves, or else we may be sent everywhere over the whole earth.”