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1 And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
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1 And the kol HaAretz was of one language and of devarim achadim (common words).
2 And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.
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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 bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.
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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 make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
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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.
5 And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
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And Hashem came down to see the Ir and the Migdal, which Bnei HaAdam built.
6 And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.
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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.
7 Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
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Come, let Us go down, and there confuse their sefat, that they may not understand one another’s language.
8 So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.
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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 So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.
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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 generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;
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These are the toldot of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and fathered Arpachshad two years after the mabbul;
11 And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
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And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad five hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot.
12 And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:
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And Arpachshad lived five and thirty shanah, and fathered Salah;
13 And after the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
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And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelach four hundred and three shanim, and fathered banim and banot.
14 And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:
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And Shelach lived thirty shanah, and fathered Ever;
15 And after the birth of Eber, Shelah went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
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And Shelach lived after he fathered Ever four hundred and three shanah, and fathered banim and banot.
16 And Eber was thirty-four years old when he became the father of Peleg:
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And Ever lived four and thirty shanah, and fathered Peleg;
17 And after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:
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And Ever lived after he fathered Peleg four hundred and thirty shanah, and fathered banim and banot.
18 And Peleg was thirty years old when he became the father of Reu:
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And Peleg lived thirty shanah, and fathered Reu;
19 And after the birth of Reu, Peleg went on living for two hundred and nine years, and had sons and daughters:
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And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu two hundred and nine shanim, and fathered banim and banot.
20 And Reu was thirty-two years old when he became the father of Serug:
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And Reu lived two and thirty shanah, and fathered Serug;
21 And after the birth of Serug, Reu went on living for two hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:
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And Reu lived after he fathered Serug two hundred and seven shanim, and fathered banim and banot.
22 And Serug was thirty years old when he became the father of Nahor:
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And Serug lived thirty shanah, and fathered Nachor;
23 And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
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And Serug lived after he fathered Nachor two hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot.
24 And Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he became the father of Terah:
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And Nachor lived nine and twenty shanah, and fathered Terach;
25 And after the birth of Terah, Nahor went on living for a hundred and nineteen years, and had sons and daughters:
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And Nachor lived after he fathered Terach a hundred and nineteen shanah, and fathered banim and banot.
26 And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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And Terach lived seventy shanah, and fathered Avram, Nachor, and Haran.
27 These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
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Now these are the toldot Terach: Terach fathered Avram, Nachor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.
28 And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees.
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And Haran died before his av Terach in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
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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.
30 And Sarai had no child.
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But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.
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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.
32 And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.
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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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