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1 And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.
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Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
2 And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
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As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
3 And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
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They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.
4 And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
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Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
5 And Jehovah 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 And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing.
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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 confound 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 And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole 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 was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence 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 generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad 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 he had begotten Arphaxad five hundred years, and begot 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 And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Shelah.
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When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
13 And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot 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 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
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When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
15 And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years, and begot 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.
16 And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.
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When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.
17 And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
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When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu.
19 And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.
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When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.
21 And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
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When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor.
23 And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.
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When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.
25 And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.
27 And these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
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This is the account of Terah’s family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
28 And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.
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While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, a daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.
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Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah.
30 And Sarai was barren: she had no child.
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Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth together out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan, and came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.
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Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
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Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.
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