Genesis 11:3
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 11
“And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.”Genesis 11:3
What Does Genesis 11:3 Mean?
Genesis 11:3 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 11, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 11:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 14:10“And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.”Exodus 1:14“And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.”Exodus 2:3“And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.”James 4:13“Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:”Nahum 3:14“Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.”Hebrews 10:24“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:”James 5:1“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.”Genesis 19:32“Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.”Exodus 5:7“Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.”2 Samuel 12:31“And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.”Isaiah 9:10“The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.”Isaiah 41:6“They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.”Isaiah 65:3“A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;”Jeremiah 18:11“Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.”Hebrews 3:13“But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.”Genesis 11:4“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.”Genesis 11:7“Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”2 Kings 5:5“And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.”Psalms 64:5“They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?”Proverbs 1:11“If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:”
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