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Genesis 11:2-4
International Standard Version
Genesis 11:2-4
International Standard Version
2 As people[a] migrated westward,[b] they came across a plain in the region of Shinar[c] and settled there. 3 They told each other, “Come on! Let’s burn bricks thoroughly.” They used bricks for stone and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come on! Let’s build ourselves a city and a tower, with its summit in the heavens, and let’s make a name for ourselves[d] so we won’t be scattered over the surface of the whole earth.”
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- Genesis 11:2 Lit. they
- Genesis 11:2 Lit. migrated from the east; i.e. from the mountains of Ararat
- Genesis 11:2 I.e. Babylonia or ancient Sumer
- Genesis 11:4 The Heb. lacks for ourselves
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