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Gen. 11:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

And βthey said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and γburn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

a man said to his neighbor.

burn them to a burning.

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they said one to another.

Heb. a man said to his neighbour.Go to.

Gen. 11:4,7• ⁴And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which may reach to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
⁷Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. (Gen. 11:4,7)

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Psa. 64:5• ⁵They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them? (Psa. 64:5)

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Prov. 1:11• ¹¹If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; (Prov. 1:11)

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Eccl. 2:1• ¹I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity. (Eccl. 2:1)

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Isa. 5:5• ⁵And now, let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden under foot; (Isa. 5:5)

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Isa. 41:6‑7• ⁶They helped every one his neighbour, and each said to his brother, Take courage.
⁷And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved. (Isa. 41:6‑7)

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James 4:13• ¹³Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain, (James 4:13)

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James 5:1• ¹Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you. (James 5:1)

not as.

Heb. 3:13• ¹³But encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called To-day, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. (Heb. 3:13)

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Heb. 10:24• ²⁴and let us consider one another for provoking to love and good works; (Heb. 10:24)

burn throughly.

Heb. burn to a burning.

brick.

Ex. 1:14• ¹⁴and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness. (Ex. 1:14)

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Ex. 5:7‑18• ⁷Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
⁸And the number of the bricks they have made heretofore shall ye lay upon them: ye shall not diminish any of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
⁹Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard vain words.
¹⁰And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh: I will not give you straw:
¹¹go ye, get yourselves straw where ye may find it; but none of your work shall be diminished.
¹²And the people were scattered abroad throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
¹³And the taskmasters urged them, saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.
¹⁴And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and it was said, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore?
¹⁵Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen?
¹⁶There is no straw given to thy bondmen, and they say to us, Make brick; and behold, thy bondmen are beaten, but it is the fault of thy people.
¹⁷And he said, Ye are idle, idle! therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.
¹⁸And now go--work! and straw shall not be given you, and ye shall deliver the measure of bricks. (Ex. 5:7‑18)

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2 Sam. 12:31• ³¹And he brought out the people that were in it, and put them under the saw, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkilns. And so did he to all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. (2 Sam. 12:31)

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Isa. 9:10• ¹⁰The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamore trees are cut down, but we will replace them with cedars. (Isa. 9:10)

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Isa. 65:3• ³the people that provoke me to anger continually to my face, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon the bricks; (Isa. 65:3)

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Nah. 3:14• ¹⁴Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln. (Nah. 3:14)

slime.

Gen. 14:10• ¹⁰And the vale of Siddim was full of pits of asphalt. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained fled to the mountain. (Gen. 14:10)

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Ex. 2:3• ³And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of reeds, and plastered it with resin and with pitch, and put the child in it, and laid it in the sedge on the bank of the river. (Ex. 2:3)

• Man sought to make a center for himself. (“Genesis 10-11” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughlyg. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.

JND Translation Notes

Lit. "burn them to burning."