Genesis 11:2-4

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

² And as they journeyed eastward, they found a plain (valley) in the land of Shinar, and they settled and dwelt there.

³ And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly. So they had brick for stone, and slime (bitumen) for mortar.

⁴ And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower whose top reaches into the sky, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the whole earth.