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Genesis 11:3

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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.

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  1. Genesis 11:1

    And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

  2. Genesis 11:2

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

  3. Genesis 11:4

    And they said, Go to, 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.

  4. Genesis 11:5

    And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

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