Genesis 11:1-4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Bible Comments

The building of the Tower

Genesis 11:1-4

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

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 And they saidb 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.

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.