 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. "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...  The Republican - Page 26edited by - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 524 pages
...brick, and burn them thoroughly : and they had brick for stone ; and slime had they for mortar. 4. And they said; Go to ; let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unió heaven : and let us make us a mark or signal, that ice may not be scattered abroad... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...in the earth. wherefore, it is ever since grown into a proverb, As great a tyrant as Xunroll. XI. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east,...plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And as they spread themselves from that eastern mountainous country, where the ark first stayed, they found... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pages
...Scripture receive illustration from the excavations of ancient Babylonia. Said the builders of Babel, " Go to, let us make brick and burn them thoroughly....had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar." In none of the ruins is there a trace of any other material than brick, either kiln or sun-dried. Clay... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...father. AND the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. • ii And it came to pass as thev vision out of our houses on the -day we came forth to go unto you ; but now, behold, it is dry 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - Bible - 1810 - 410 pages
...language, and of speech. And it came to pass as they journeyed from '(See Bishop Sherlock on Prophecy. the east that they found a plain in the land of Shinar...And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ;... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - Bible - 1811 - 396 pages
...died. LESSON X. GENESIS, CHAP. xi. A ND the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. •**• And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east,...plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. S And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick , and burn them throughly. And they had brick... | |
 | Thomas Martin (civil engineer.) - 1813 - 714 pages
...with their wives and children, departed from the eastward, and travelled into the land of Shinar. " And they said one to another, go to, let us make brick,...thoroughly ; and they had brick for stone, and slime,* hacl they for mortar." Whether these bricks were really exposed to the action of fire, as the passage... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - Bible - 1813 - 448 pages
...THE ORIGIN OP NATIONS. GEN. XI. 1 — 9. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the laM of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn... | |
 | 1845 - 624 pages
...remarks on Genesis xi. 3, where concerning the building of Babel it is said in our translation : — " They said one to another, Go to, let us make brick...had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar." This is incorrect. According to Buxtorff, and indeed the sense it still bears in these parts, ")DD... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 706 pages
...the earth after the flood. CHAP*. XI. AND the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east,...plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick... | |
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