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| 1Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. | 1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. |
| 2And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. | 2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. |
| 3And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. | 3And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. |
| 4Then 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.” | 4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. |
| 5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. | 5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. |
| 6And 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. | 6And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. |
| 7Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.” | 7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. |
| 8So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. | 8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. |
| 9Therefore 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. | 9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. |
| 10These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. | 10These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: |
| 11And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters. | 11And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 12When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah. | 12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: |
| 13And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelah 403 years and had other sons and daughters. | 13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 14When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber. | 14And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: |
| 15And Shelah lived after he fathered Eber 403 years and had other sons and daughters. | 15And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 16When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg. | 16And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: |
| 17And Eber lived after he fathered Peleg 430 years and had other sons and daughters. | 17And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 18When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered Reu. | 18And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: |
| 19And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu 209 years and had other sons and daughters. | 19And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 20When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug. | 20And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: |
| 21And Reu lived after he fathered Serug 207 years and had other sons and daughters. | 21And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 22When Serug had lived 30 years, he fathered Nahor. | 22And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: |
| 23And Serug lived after he fathered Nahor 200 years and had other sons and daughters. | 23And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 24When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah. | 24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: |
| 25And Nahor lived after he fathered Terah 119 years and had other sons and daughters. | 25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 26When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran. | 26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. |
| 27Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. | 27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. |
| 28Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans. | 28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. |
| 29And 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. | 29And Abram and Nahor took them 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 the father of Iscah. |
| 30Now Sarai was barren; she had no child. | 30But Sarai was barren; she had no child. |
| 31Terah 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. | 31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. |
| 32The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran. | 32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. |
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