Hebrew Names Version HNV
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5 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
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But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
6 The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
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The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
7 Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
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Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the eretz. They stopped building the city.
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So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9 Therefore the name of it was called Bavel, because the LORD confused the language of all the eretz, there. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the eretz.
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That is why it was called Babel —because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
10 This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpakhshad two years after the flood.
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This is the account of Shem’s family line. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
11 Shem lived after he became the father of Arpakhshad five hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
12 Arpakhshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelach.
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When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
13 Arpakhshad lived after he became the father of Shelach four hundred three years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
14 Shelach lived thirty years, and became the father of `Ever:
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When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
15 and Shelach lived after he became the father of `Ever four hundred three years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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