Bereshis 11
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1 And the kol HaAretz was of one language and of devarim achadim (common words).
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And it came to pass, as they migrated from the east, that they found a plain in Eretz Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3
And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and bake them thoroughly. And they had brick for even (stone), and bitumen had they for mortar.
4
And they said, Come, let us build us an Ir and a Migdal, whose rosh (top) may reach unto Shomayim; and let us make us a shem, otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of kol HaAretz.
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And Hashem came down to see the Ir and the Migdal, which Bnei HaAdam built.
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And Hashem said, See, the Am is echad and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be impossible for them, which they have proposed to do.
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Come, let Us go down, and there confuse their sefat, that they may not understand one another’s language.
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So Hashem scattered them abroad from there upon the face of kol Ha’Aretz; and they left off building the Ir.
9
Therefore is the shem of it called Babel; because Hashem did there confuse the language of kol Ha’Aretz; and from there did Hashem scatter them abroad upon the face of kol Ha’Aretz.
10
These are the toldot of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and fathered Arpachshad two years after the mabbul;
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And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad five hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot.
12
And Arpachshad lived five and thirty shanah, and fathered Salah;
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And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelach four hundred and three shanim, and fathered banim and banot.
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And Shelach lived thirty shanah, and fathered Ever;
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And Shelach lived after he fathered Ever four hundred and three shanah, and fathered banim and banot.
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And Ever lived four and thirty shanah, and fathered Peleg;
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And Ever lived after he fathered Peleg four hundred and thirty shanah, and fathered banim and banot.
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And Peleg lived thirty shanah, and fathered Reu;
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And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu two hundred and nine shanim, and fathered banim and banot.
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And Reu lived two and thirty shanah, and fathered Serug;
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And Reu lived after he fathered Serug two hundred and seven shanim, and fathered banim and banot.
22
And Serug lived thirty shanah, and fathered Nachor;
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And Serug lived after he fathered Nachor two hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot.
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And Nachor lived nine and twenty shanah, and fathered Terach;
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And Nachor lived after he fathered Terach a hundred and nineteen shanah, and fathered banim and banot.
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And Terach lived seventy shanah, and fathered Avram, Nachor, and Haran.
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Now these are the toldot Terach: Terach fathered Avram, Nachor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.
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And Haran died before his av Terach in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.
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And Avram and Nachor took them nashim: the shem eshet Avram was Sarai; and the shem eshet Nachor was Milcah, the bat Haran Avi Milcah, and Avi Yiskah.
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But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
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And Terach took Avram bno, and ben bno Lot ben Haran, and Sarai his kallah, eshet Avram bno; and they went forth with them from Ur Kasdim, to go into Eretz Kena’an; and they came unto Charan (Haran), and dwelt there.
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And the days of Terach were two hundred and five shanim; and Terach died in Charan (Haran).
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