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1 And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.
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Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.
2 And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.
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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 And each one said to his neighbour: Come let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of 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 make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven; and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.
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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 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.
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The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built.
6 And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.
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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 ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
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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 And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build 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 And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.
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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 the generations of Sem: Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, 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 And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot 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 And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Sale.
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When Arpachshad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah;
13 And Arphaxad lived after he begot Sale, three hundred and three years, and begot 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 Sale also lived thirty years, and begot Heber.
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When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber;
15 And Sale lived after he begot Heber, four hundred and three years: and begot 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 And Heber lived thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg.
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When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg;
17 And Heber lived after he begot Phaleg, four hundred and thirty years: and begot 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 Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
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When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu;
19 And Phaleg lived after he begot Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begot 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 And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Sarug.
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When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug;
21 And Reu lived after he begot Sarug, two hundred and seven years, and begot 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 And Sarug lived thirty years, and begot Nachor.
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When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor;
23 And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor, two hundred years, and begot 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 And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Thare.
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When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah;
25 And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a hundred and nineteen years, and begot 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 And Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
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When Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And Aran begot 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 And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.
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Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor’s wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Melcha and father of Jescha.
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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 And Sarai was barren, and had no children.
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Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Thare took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Aran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan: and they came as far as Haran, and dwelt 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 And the days of Thare were two hundred and five 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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