Genesis 11
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v1
The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
v2
As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
v3
They said to one another, โCome, letโs make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.โ They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
v4
They said, โCome, letโs build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and letโs make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.โ
v5
Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
v6
Yahweh said, โBehold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
v7
Come, letโs go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one anotherโs speech.โ
v8
So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
v9
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
v10
This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
v11
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
v12
Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.
v13
Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
v14
Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
v15
Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
v16
Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
v17
Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
v18
Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
v19
Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
v20
Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
v21
Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
v22
Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
v23
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
v24
Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
v25
Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
v26
Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
v27
Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
v28
Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
v29
Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abramโs wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahorโs wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.
v30
Sarai was barren. She had no child.
v31
Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his sonโs son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abramโs wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
v32
The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.