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Sforno on Genesis 11:3/ספורנו על בראשית י״א:ג׳

אהָבָה נִלְבְּנָה לְבֵנִים. לִבְנוֹת בָּתִּים וְגִדְרוֹת צֹאן, וְזֹאת הָיְתָה עֲצַת פְּרָטֵי הֶהָמוֹן בָּזֶה, כְּאָמְרוֹ וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ.
1הבה נלבנה לבנים, now they wanted to build permanent housing for themselves and pens for the flocks and herds. This was a common consensus, as we know from the Torah describing their speaking to each other as ויאמרו איש אלך רעהו, “they said each to his colleague.”