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5 And 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 And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing that they propose to do will now 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, 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 over the face of all the earth, and they left off 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 Ba'bel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the 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 descendants of Shem. When Shem was a hundred years old, he became the father of Arpach'shad 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 after the birth of Arpach'shad five hundred years, and 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 When Arpach'shad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah;
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When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
13 and Arpach'shad lived after the birth of Shelah four hundred and three years, and 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 When Shelah had lived thirty years, he 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 after the birth of Eber four hundred and three years, and 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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