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1 All people on the earth had one language and the same words.
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Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.
2 When they traveled east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.
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And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
3 They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them hard." They used bricks for stones and asphalt for mortar.
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And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
4 They said, "Come, let's build for ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky, and let's make a name for ourselves so that we won't be dispersed over all the earth."
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Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."
5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the humans built.
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The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built.
6 And the LORD said, "There is now one people and they all have one language. This is what they have begun to do, and now all that they plan to do will be possible for them.
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And the Lord said, "Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
7 Come, let's go down and mix up their language there so they won't understand each other's language."
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Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand one another's speech."
8 Then the LORD dispersed them from there over all of the earth, and they stopped building the city.
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So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
9 Therefore, it is named Babel, because there the LORD mixed up the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD dispersed them over all the earth.
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Therefore it was called Babel, 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.
10 These are Shem's descendants. When Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the flood.
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These are the descendants of Shem. When Shem was one hundred years old, he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;
11 After Arpachshad was born, Shem lived 500 years; he had other sons and daughters.
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and Shem lived after the birth of Arpachshad five hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.
12 When Arpachshad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
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When Arpachshad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah;
13 After Shelah was born, Arpachshad lived 403 years; he had other sons and daughters.
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and Arpachshad lived after the birth of Shelah four hundred three years, and had other sons and daughters.
14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
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When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber;
15 After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 years; he had other sons and daughters.
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and Shelah lived after the birth of Eber four hundred three years, and had other sons and daughters.
16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
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When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg;
17 After Peleg was born, Eber lived 430 years; he had other sons and daughters.
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and Eber lived after the birth of Peleg four hundred thirty years, and had other sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
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When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu;
19 After Reu was born, Peleg lived 209 years; he had other sons and daughters.
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and Peleg lived after the birth of Reu two hundred nine years, and had other sons and daughters.
20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
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When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug;
21 After Serug was born, Reu lived 207 years; he had other sons and daughters.
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and Reu lived after the birth of Serug two hundred seven years, and had other sons and daughters.
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
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When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor;
23 After Nahor was born, Serug lived 200 years; he had other sons and daughters.
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and Serug lived after the birth of Nahor two hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
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When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah;
25 After Terah was born, Nahor lived 119 years; he had other sons and daughters.
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and Nahor lived after the birth of Terah one hundred nineteen years, and had other sons and daughters.
26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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When Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 These are Terah's descendants. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
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Now these are the descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
28 Haran died while with his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
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Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 Abram and Nahor both married; Abram's wife was Sarai, and Nahor's wife was Milcah the daughter of Haran, father of both Milcah and Iscah.
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Abram and Nahor took wives; the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.
30 Sarai was unable to have children.
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Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (son of Haran), and his son Abram's wife, Sarai his daughter-in-law. They left Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan, and arriving at Haran, they settled there.
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Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran, they settled there.
32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
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The days of Terah were two hundred five years; and Terah died in Haran.
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