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5 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had 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 all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.
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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 Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will 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 over the face of the whole earth; and 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 its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.
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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 These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad 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 and Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he had other 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 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah;
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When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
13 and Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah, and he had other 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 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber;
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When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
15 and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and he had other 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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