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1 At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words.
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All people on the earth had one language and the same words.
2 As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
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When they traveled east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.
3 They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.)
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They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them hard." They used bricks for stones and asphalt for mortar.
4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”
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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."
5 But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.
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Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the humans built.
6 “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!
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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.
7 Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”
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Come, let's go down and mix up their language there so they won't understand each other's language."
8 In that way, the LORD scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city.
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Then the LORD dispersed them from there over all of the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9 That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the LORD confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.
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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.
10 This is the account of Shem’s family. Two years after the great flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
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These are Shem's descendants. When Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the flood.
11 After the birth of Arphaxad, Shem lived another 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
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After Arpachshad was born, Shem lived 500 years; he had other sons and daughters.
12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
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When Arpachshad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
13 After the birth of Shelah, Arphaxad lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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After Shelah was born, Arpachshad lived 403 years; he had other sons and daughters.
14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
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When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
15 After the birth of Eber, Shelah lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 years; he had other sons and daughters.
16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
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When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
17 After the birth of Peleg, Eber lived another 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
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After Peleg was born, Eber lived 430 years; he had other sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
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When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
19 After the birth of Reu, Peleg lived another 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
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After Reu was born, Peleg lived 209 years; he had other sons and daughters.
20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
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When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
21 After the birth of Serug, Reu lived another 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
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After Serug was born, Reu lived 207 years; he had other sons and daughters.
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
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When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
23 After the birth of Nahor, Serug lived another 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
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After Nahor was born, Serug lived 200 years; he had other sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
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When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
25 After the birth of Terah, Nahor lived another 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
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After Terah was born, Nahor lived 119 years; he had other sons and daughters.
26 After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 This is the account of Terah’s family. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
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These are Terah's descendants. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
28 But Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth, while his father, Terah, was still living.
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Haran died while with his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 Meanwhile, Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah. (Milcah and her sister Iscah were daughters of Nahor’s brother Haran.)
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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.
30 But Sarai was unable to become pregnant and had no children.
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Sarai was unable to have children.
31 One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram’s wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran’s child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.
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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.
32 Terah lived for 205 years and died while still in Haran.
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Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
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