Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 11:3

Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 11:3 - 11:3

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 11:3 - 11:3

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

11:1 - 11:1
11:2 - 11:2
11:3 - 11:3
11:4 - 11:4
11:5 - 11:5
11:6 - 11:6
11:7 - 11:7
11:9 - 11:9
11:10 - 11:10
11:12 - 11:12
11:26 - 11:26
11:29 - 11:29
11:31 - 11:31

Let us make brick - It appears they were obliged to make use of brick, as there was an utter scarcity of stones in that district; and on the same account they were obliged to use slime, that is, bitumen, (Vulg). ασφαλτος, (Septuagint) for mortar: so it appears they had neither common stone nor lime-stone; hence they had brick for stone, and asphaltus or bitumen instead of mortar.