Genesis 11
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Genesis 11:1-4

1Now allH3605 the earthH776 1usedH1961 the sameH259 languageH8193 and 2the sameH259 wordsH1697.

2And it cameH1961 aboutH1961, as they journeyedH5265 3eastH6924, that they foundH4672 a plainH1237 in the landH776 4of ShinarH8152 and 5settledH3427 thereH8033.

3Then they saidH559 to oneH376 anotherH7453, “ComeH3051, let’s makeH3835 bricksH3835 and 6fireH8313 them thoroughlyH8316.” And they usedH1961 brickH3843 for stoneH68, and they usedH1961 7tarH2564 for mortarH2563.

4And they saidH559, “ComeH3051, let’s buildH1129 ourselves a cityH5892, and a towerH4026 whose topH7218 8will reach into heavenH8064, and let’s makeH6213 9a nameH8034 for ourselves; otherwiseH6435 we 10will be scatteredH6327 abroad overH5921 the faceH6440 of allH3605 the earthH776.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 11:1 Lit was one lip ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 11:1 Or few or one set of words ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 11:2 Or from the east ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 11:2 Gen 10:10; 14:1; Dan 1:2 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 11:2 Lit dwelt ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 11:3 I.e., in a kiln to harden them ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 11:3 Gen 14:10 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 11:4 Deut 1:28; 9:1; Ps 107:26 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 11:4 Gen 6:4; 2 Sam 8:13 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 11:4 Deut 4:27 ↩

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