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1. The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary.
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1. And the whole H3605 earth H776 was H1961 of one H259 language H8193 , and of one H259 speech H1697 .
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2. When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
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2. And it came to pass H1961 , as they journeyed H5265 from the east H4480 H6924 , that they found H4672 a plain H1237 in the land H776 of Shinar H8152 ; and they dwelt H3427 there H8033 .
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3. Then they said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." (They had brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.)
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3. And they said H559 one H376 to H413 another H7453 , Go to H3051 , let us make H3835 brick H3843 , and burn H8313 them throughly H8316 . And they had H1961 brick H3843 for stone H68 , and slime H2564 had H1961 they for mortar H2563 .
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4. Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth."
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4. And they said H559 , Go to H3051 , let us build H1129 us a city H5892 and a tower H4026 , whose top H7218 may reach unto heaven H8064 ; and let us make H6213 us a name H8034 , lest H6435 we be scattered abroad H6327 upon H5921 the face H6440 of the whole H3605 earth H776 .
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5. But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.
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5. And the LORD H3068 came down H3381 to see H7200 H853 the city H5892 and the tower H4026 , which H834 the children H1121 of men H120 built H1129 .
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6. And the LORD said, "If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.
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6. And the LORD H3068 said H559 , Behold H2005 , the people H5971 is one H259 , and they have all H3605 one H259 language H8193 ; and this H2088 they begin H2490 to do H6213 : and now H6258 nothing H3808 H3605 will be restrained H1219 from H4480 them, which H834 they have imagined H2161 to do H6213 .
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7. Come, let's go down and confuse their language so they won't be able to understand each other."
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7. Go to H3051 , let us go down H3381 , and there H8033 confound H1101 their language H8193 , that H834 they may not H3808 understand H8085 one H376 another H7453 's speech H8193 .
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8. So the LORD scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.
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8. So the LORD H3068 scattered them abroad H6327 H853 from thence H4480 H8033 upon H5921 the face H6440 of all H3605 the earth H776 : and they left off H2308 to build H1129 the city H5892 .
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9. That is why its name was called Babel� because there the LORD confused the language of the entire world, and from there the LORD scattered them across the face of the entire earth.
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9. Therefore H5921 H3651 is the name H8034 of it called H7121 Babel H894 ; because H3588 the LORD H3068 did there H8033 confound H1101 the language H8193 of all H3605 the earth H776 : and from thence H4480 H8033 did the LORD H3068 scatter them abroad H6327 upon H5921 the face H6440 of all H3605 the earth H776 .
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10. This is the account of Shem. Shem was 100 old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
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10. These H428 are the generations H8435 of Shem H8035 : Shem H8035 was a hundred H3967 years H8141 old H1121 , and begot H3205 H853 Arphaxad H775 two years H8141 after H310 the flood H3999 :
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11. And after becoming the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
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11. And Shem H8035 lived H2421 after H310 he begot H3205 H853 Arphaxad H775 five H2568 hundred H3967 years H8141 , and begot H3205 sons H1121 and daughters H1323 .
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12. When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
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12. And Arphaxad H775 lived H2425 five H2568 and thirty H7970 years H8141 , and begot H3205 H853 Salah H7974 :
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13. And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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13. And Arphaxad H775 lived H2421 after H310 he begot H3205 H853 Salah H7974 four H702 hundred H3967 and three H7969 years H8141 , and begot H3205 sons H1121 and daughters H1323 .
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14. When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
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14. And Salah H7974 lived H2425 thirty H7970 years H8141 , and begot H3205 H853 Eber H5677 :
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15. And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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15. And Salah H7974 lived H2421 after H310 he begot H3205 H853 Eber H5677 four H702 hundred H3967 and three H7969 years H8141 , and begot H3205 sons H1121 and daughters H1323 .
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16. When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.
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16. And Eber H5677 lived H2421 four H702 and thirty H7970 years H8141 , and begot H3205 H853 Peleg H6389 :
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17. And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
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17. And Eber H5677 lived H2421 after H310 he begot H3205 H853 Peleg H6389 four H702 hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 years H8141 , and begot H3205 sons H1121 and daughters H1323 .
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18. When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu.
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18. And Peleg H6389 lived H2421 thirty H7970 years H8141 , and begot H3205 H853 Reu H7466 :
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19. And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
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19. And Peleg H6389 lived H2421 after H310 he begot H3205 H853 Reu H7466 two hundred H3967 and nine H8672 years H8141 , and begot H3205 sons H1121 and daughters H1323 .
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20. When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.
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20. And Reu H7466 lived H2421 two H8147 and thirty H7970 years H8141 , and begot H3205 H853 Serug H8286 :
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21. And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
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21. And Reu H7466 lived H2421 after H310 he begot H3205 H853 Serug H8286 two hundred H3967 and seven H7651 years H8141 , and begot H3205 sons H1121 and daughters H1323 .
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22. When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor.
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22. And Serug H8286 lived H2421 thirty H7970 years H8141 , and begot H3205 H853 Nahor H5152 :
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23. And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
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23. And Serug H8286 lived H2421 after H310 he begot H3205 H853 Nahor H5152 two hundred H3967 years H8141 , and begot H3205 sons H1121 and daughters H1323 .
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24. When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.
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24. And Nahor H5152 lived H2421 nine H8672 and twenty H6242 years H8141 , and begot H3205 H853 Terah H8646 :
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25. And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
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25. And Nahor H5152 lived H2421 after H310 he begot H3205 H853 Terah H8646 a hundred H3967 and nineteen H8672 H6240 years H8141 , and begot H3205 sons H1121 and daughters H1323 .
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26. When Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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26. And Terah H8646 lived H2421 seventy H7657 years H8141 , and begot H3205 H853 Abram H87 , H853 Nahor H5152 , and Haran H2039 .
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27. This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
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27. Now these H428 are the generations H8435 of Terah H8646 : Terah H8646 begot H3205 H853 Abram H87 , H853 Nahor H5152 , and Haran H2039 ; and Haran H2039 begot H3205 H853 Lot H3876 .
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28. Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, while his father Terah was still alive.
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28. And Haran H2039 died H4191 before H5921 H6440 his father H1 Terah H8646 in the land H776 of his nativity H4138 , in Ur H218 of the Chaldees H3778 .
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29. And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. 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 both Milcah and Iscah.
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29. And Abram H87 and Nahor H5152 took H3947 them wives H802 : the name H8034 of Abram H87 's wife H802 was Sarai H8297 ; and the name H8034 of Nahor H5152 's wife H802 , Milcah H4435 , the daughter H1323 of Haran H2039 , the father H1 of Milcah H4435 , and the father H1 of Iscah H3252 .
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30. But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
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30. But Sarai H8297 was H1961 barren H6135 ; she had no H369 child H2056 .
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31. Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there.
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31. And Terah H8646 took H3947 H853 Abram H87 his son H1121 , and Lot H3876 the son H1121 of Haran H2039 his son H1121 's son H1121 , and Sarai H8297 his daughter H3618 -in-law , his son H1121 Abram H87 's wife H802 ; and they went forth H3318 with H854 them from Ur H4480 H218 of the Chaldees H3778 , to go H1980 into the land H776 of Canaan H3667 ; and they came H935 unto H5704 Haran H2771 , and dwelt H3427 there H8033 .
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32. The lifetime of Terah was 205 years, and he died in Haran.
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32. And the days H3117 of Terah H8646 were H1961 two hundred H3967 and five H2568 years H8141 : and Terah H8646 died H4191 in Haran H2771 .
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