Genesis 11:3

What does Genesis 11:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 11:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And each one said to his neighbour: Come let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.2And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

v.3This passage

v.4And they said, Come, 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 65:3

    a people that provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks;

  • Exodus 1:14

    and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.

  • Hebrews 10:24

    and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

  • Genesis 14:10

    Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain.

  • Isaiah 41:6

    They help every one his neighbor; and every one saith to his brother, Be of good courage.

  • Genesis 11:7

    Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

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