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1. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. | |
2. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. | |
3. And 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. | |
4. And 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. | |
5. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. | |
6. And 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. | |
7. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. | |
8. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. | |
9. Therefore 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. | |
10. These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: | |
11. And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
12. And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: | |
13. And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
14. And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: | |
15. And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
16. And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: | |
17. And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
18. And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: | |
19. And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
20. And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: | |
21. And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
22. And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: | |
23. And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
24. And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: | |
25. And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
26. And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. | |
27. Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat lot. | |
28. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. | |
29. And 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. | |
30. But Sarai was barren; she had no child. | |
31. And 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. | |
32. And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. |
Verse | |
1. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. | |
2. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. | |
3. And 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. | |
4. And 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. | |
5. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. | |
6. And 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. | |
7. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. | |
8. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. | |
9. Therefore 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. | |
10. These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: | |
11. And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
12. And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: | |
13. And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
14. And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: | |
15. And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
16. And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: | |
17. And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
18. And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: | |
19. And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
20. And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: | |
21. And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
22. And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: | |
23. And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
24. And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: | |
25. And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. | |
26. And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. | |
27. Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat lot. | |
28. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. | |
29. And 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. | |
30. But Sarai was barren; she had no child. | |
31. And 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. | |
32. And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. |