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 [a]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.

But the Lord [b]came down, to see the city and tower which the sons of men built.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 11:4 They were moved with pride and ambition, thinking to prefer their own glory to God’s honor.
  2. Genesis 11:5 Meaning, that he declared by effect, that he knew their wicked enterprise: for God’s power is everywhere, and doth neither ascend nor descend.

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