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Genesis 11

Gen. 11:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And βthey said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
one
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
to another
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
, Go to
yahab (Hebrew #3051)
to give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come
KJV usage: ascribe, bring, come on, give, go, set, take.
Pronounce: yaw-hab'
Origin: a primitive root
, let us make
laban (Hebrew #3835)
to be (or become) white; also (as denominative from 3843) to make bricks
KJV usage: make brick, be (made, make) white(-r).
Pronounce: law-ban'
Origin: a primitive root
brick
lbenah (Hebrew #3843)
a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
KJV usage: (altar of) brick, tile.
Pronounce: leb-ay-naw'
Origin: from 3835
, and γburn
saraph (Hebrew #8313)
to be (causatively, set) on fire
KJV usage: (cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
them throughly
srephah (Hebrew #8316)
cremation
KJV usage: burning.
Pronounce: ser-ay-faw'
Origin: from 8313
. And they had brick
lbenah (Hebrew #3843)
a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
KJV usage: (altar of) brick, tile.
Pronounce: leb-ay-naw'
Origin: from 3835
for stone
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
, and slime
chemar (Hebrew #2564)
bitumen (as rising to the surface)
KJV usage: slime(-pit).
Pronounce: khay-mawr'
Origin: from 2560
had
hayah (Hebrew #1961)
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
KJV usage: beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.
Pronounce: haw-yaw
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1933)
they for mortar
chomer (Hebrew #2563)
properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
KJV usage: clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
Pronounce: kho'mer
Origin: from 2560
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a man said to his neighbor.
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burn them to a burning.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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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, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, whose top [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 strengthen to themselves an evil matter;{HR}They concert to hide snares;{HR}They have said, 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,{HR}Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause; (Prov. 1:11)
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Eccl. 2:1• 1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth;{HR}Therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [was] 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 the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down; (Isa. 5:5)
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Isa. 41:6‑7• 6They helped every one his neighbour, and [each] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
 7So the carpenter 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 that say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this city here, and spend there a year, and traffic and make gain, (James 4:13)
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James 5:1• 1Come then, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming on. (James 5:1)
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Heb. 3:13• 13But encourage yourselves each day while it is called Today, 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 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 service in the field: all their service with which they made them serve [was] with rigor. (Ex. 1:14)
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Ex. 5:7‑18• 7{i}Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.{/i}
 8{i}And 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.{/i}
 9{i}Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard vain words.{/i}
 10{i}And 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:{/i}
 11{i}go ye, get yourselves straw where ye may find it; but none of your work shall be diminished.{/i}
 12{i}And the people were scattered abroad throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.{/i}
 13{i}And the taskmasters urged them, saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.{/i}
 14{i}And 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 today, as heretofore?{/i}
 15{i}Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen?{/i}
 16{i}There 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.{/i}
 17{i}And he said, Ye are idle, idle! therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.{/i}
 18{i}And now go—work! and straw shall not be given you, and ye shall deliver the measure of bricks.{/i} (Ex. 5:7‑18)
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2 Sam. 12:31• 31{i}And 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.{/i} (2 Sam. 12:31)
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Isa. 9:10• 10The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycamores 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; that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon the bricks; (Isa. 65:3)
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Nah. 3:14• 14Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strongholds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. (Nah. 3:14)
slime.
Gen. 14:10• 10{i}And the vale of Siddim was full of pits of asphalt. And{/i} the kings of Sodom and Gomorrha 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 paper reeds, and cemented it with bitumen and 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

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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

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Lit. "burn them to burning."

W. Kelly Translation

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