Genesis 11:3

Good News Translation

They said to one another, “Come on! Let's make bricks and bake them hard.” So they had bricks to build with and tar to hold them together.

Cross References

Genesis 11:4

They said, “Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth.”

Genesis 11:7

Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand each other.”

Genesis 14:10

The valley was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah tried to run away from the battle, they fell into the pits; but the other three kings escaped to the mountains.

2 Samuel 12:31

and put its people to work with saws, iron hoes, and iron axes, and forced them to work at making bricks. He did the same to the people of all the other towns of Ammon. Then he and his men returned to Jerusalem.

Psalm 64:5

They encourage each other in their evil plots; they talk about where they will place their traps. “No one can see them,” they say.

Exodus 2:3

But when she could not hide him any longer, she took a basket made of reeds and covered it with tar to make it watertight. She put the baby in it and then placed it in the tall grass at the edge of the river.

Proverbs 1:11

Suppose they say, “Come on; let's find someone to kill! Let's attack some innocent people for the fun of it!

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I decided to enjoy myself and find out what happiness is. But I found that this is useless, too.

Isaiah 5:5

“Here is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge around it, break down the wall that protects it, and let wild animals eat it and trample it down.

Isaiah 65:3

They shamelessly keep on making me angry. They offer pagan sacrifices at sacred gardens and burn incense on pagan altars.

Isaiah 9:10

“The brick buildings have fallen down, but we will replace them with stone buildings. The beams of sycamore wood have been cut down, but we will replace them with the finest cedar.”

Nahum 3:14

Draw water to prepare for a siege, and strengthen your fortresses! Trample the clay to make bricks, and get the brick molds ready!

Hebrews 10:24

Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good.

Hebrews 3:13

Instead, in order that none of you be deceived by sin and become stubborn, you must help one another every day, as long as the word “Today” in the scripture applies to us.

James 4:13

Now listen to me, you that say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to a certain city, where we will stay a year and go into business and make a lot of money.”

James 5:1

And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you!