The serpent said to the woman, “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:4-6
The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.
Genesis 6:5
“‘Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it. And do not go up to my altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’”
Exodus 20:24
You are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them. You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones …
Deuteronomy 27:5-6
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
Genesis 11:2
They said to each other, “Come, LET’S MAKE bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.
Genesis 11:3
Then they said, “Come, let us build OURSELVES a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a NAME FOR OURSELVES and NOT be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
Genesis 11:4
