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1 At one time the whole earth had the same language and vocabulary.
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Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.
2 As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.
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And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
3 They said to each other, "Come, let us make oven-fired bricks." They had brick for stone 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 And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky. Let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered over the face of the whole 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, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth. ”
5 Then the Lord came down to look over the city and the tower that the men were building.
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And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.
6 The Lord said, "If, as one people all having the same language, they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
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And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
7 Come, let Us go down there and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another's speech."
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Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech. ”
8 So the Lord scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city.
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So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
9 Therefore its name is called Babylon, for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
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Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.
10 These are the family records of Shem. Shem lived 100 years and fathered Arpachshad two years after the deluge.
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These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.
11 After he fathered Arpachshad, Shem lived 500 years and fathered [other] sons and daughters.
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And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
12 Arpachshad lived 35 years and fathered Shelah.
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When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah.
13 After he fathered Shelah, Arpachshad lived 403 years and fathered [other] sons and daughters.
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And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelah 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
14 Shelah lived 30 years and fathered Eber.
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When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber.
15 After he fathered Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and fathered [other] sons and daughters.
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And Shelah lived after he fathered Eber 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
16 Eber lived 34 years and fathered Peleg.
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When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg.
17 After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and fathered [other] sons and daughters.
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And Eber lived after he fathered Peleg 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
18 Peleg lived 30 years and fathered Reu.
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When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered Reu.
19 After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and fathered [other] sons and daughters.
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And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
20 Reu lived 32 years and fathered Serug.
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When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug.
21 After he fathered Serug, Reu lived 207 years and fathered [other] sons and daughters.
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And Reu lived after he fathered Serug 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
22 Serug lived 30 years and fathered Nahor.
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When Serug had lived 30 years, he fathered Nahor.
23 After he fathered Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and fathered [other] sons and daughters.
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And Serug lived after he fathered Nahor 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
24 Nahor lived 29 years and fathered Terah.
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When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah.
25 After he fathered Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and fathered [other] sons and daughters.
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And Nahor lived after he fathered Terah 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
26 Terah lived 70 years and fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 These are the family records of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran fathered Lot.
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Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.
28 Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans, during his father Terah's lifetime.
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Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 Abram and Nahor took wives: Abram's wife was named Sarai, and Nahor's wife was named Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
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And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.
30 Sarai was barren; she had no child.
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Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
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Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife, and they went forth 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 died in Haran.
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The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran.
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