1294. Verse 3 And they said, one man to the next, Come, let us make bricks, and let us burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had bitumen for clay.
'And one man said to the next' means that this was started 'Come, let us make bricks' means the falsities which they fashioned for themselves. 'And let us burn them thoroughly' means the evils that stem from self-love. 'And they had brick for stone' means that they had falsity in place of truth. 'And they had bitumen for clay' means that they had evil springing from evil desire in place of good.
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