Holy Scripture
Genesis 11:2
A church father on this verse
“And they arose and came from the land of the east; and, as they went through the land, they chanced upon the land of Shinar, which was exceeding broad; where they took in hand to build a tower. They sought means thereby to go up to heaven, and be able to leave their work as a memorial to those men who should come afte…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2And it came to pass as they moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
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In context
1And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all.
— Genesis 11:2 —
3And a man said to his neighbor, Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire. And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was bitumen.
4And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.