Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 The whole eretz was of one language and of one speech.
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And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,
2 It happened, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shin`ar; and they lived there.
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and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
3 They said one to another, "Come, let's make brick, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
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and they say each one to his neighbour, `Give help, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.
4 They said, "Come, let's build us a city, and a tower, whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole eretz."
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And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'
5 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
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And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
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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and Jehovah saith, `Lo, the people [is] one, and one pronunciation [is] to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.
7 Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
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Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'
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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And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build 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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therefore hath [one] called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the 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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These [are] births of Shem: Shem [is] a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.
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 Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
12 Arpakhshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelach.
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And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.
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 Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
14 Shelach lived thirty years, and became the father of `Ever:
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And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth 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 Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
16 `Ever lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
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And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.
17 `Ever lived after he became the father of Peleg four hundred thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
18 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Re`u.
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And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu.
19 Peleg lived after he became the father of Re`u two hundred nine years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
20 Re`u lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
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And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug.
21 Re`u lived after he became the father of Serug two hundred seven years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
22 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nachor.
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And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor.
23 Serug lived after he became the father of Nachor two hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
24 Nachor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terach.
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And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.
25 Nachor lived after he became the father of Terach one hundred nineteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
26 Terach lived seventy years, and became the father of Avram, Nachor, and Haran.
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And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now this is the history of the generations of Terach. Terach became the father of Avram, Nachor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
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And these [are] births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;
28 Haran died before his father Terach in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Kasdim.
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and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 Avram and Nachor took wives. The name of Avram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nachor's wife, Milkah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Yiskah.
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And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife [is] Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife [is] Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
30 Sarai was barren. She had no child.
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And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child.
31 Terach took Avram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Avram's wife. They went forth from Ur of the Kasdim, to go into the land of Kana`an. They came to Haran, and lived there.
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And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.
32 The days of Terach were two hundred five years. Terach died in Haran.
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And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
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