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1. There was a time when the whole world spoke one language. Everyone used the same words.
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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. The people moved from the East and found a plain in the country of Shinar and stayed there to live.
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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 each other, "Let's make some bricks of clay and bake them in the fire." Then they used these bricks as stones, and they used tar as 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 the people said, "Let's build ourselves a city and a tower that will reach to the sky. Then we will be famous. This will keep us together so that we will not be scattered all over the 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. Then the Lord came down to see the city and the tower.
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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. The Lord said, "These people all speak the same language. And I see that they are joined together to do this work. This is only the beginning of what they can do. Soon they will be able to do anything they want.
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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. Let's go down and confuse their language. Then they will not 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 people stopped building the city, and the Lord scattered them all over the earth.
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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 the place where the Lord confused the language of the whole world. That is why it is called Babel. And it was from there that the Lord caused the people to spread out to all the other places on 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 history of Shem's family. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, his son Arphaxad was born.
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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. After that Shem lived 500 years. He 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 was 35 years old, his son Shelah was born.
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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. After Shelah was born, Arphaxad lived 403 years. During that time he 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. After Shelah was 30 years old, his son Eber was born.
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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. After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 years. During that time he 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. After Eber was 34 years old, his son Peleg was born.
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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. After Peleg was born, Eber lived another 430 years. During that time he 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. After Peleg was 30 years old, his son Reu was born.
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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. After Reu was born, Peleg lived another 209 years. During that time he 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. After Reu was 32 years old, his son Serug was born.
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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. After Serug was born, Reu lived another 207 years. During that time he 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. After Serug was 30 years old, his son Nahor was born.
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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. After Nahor was born, Serug lived another 200 years. During that time he 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. After Nahor was 29 years old, his son Terah was born.
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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. After Terah was born, Nahor lived another 119 years. During that time he 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. After Terah was 70 years old, his sons Abram, Nahor, and Haran were born.
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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 history of Terah's family. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was 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 his hometown, Ur of Babylonia, 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. Abram and Nahor both married. Abram's wife was named Sarai. Nahor's wife was named Milcah. Milcah was the daughter of Haran. Haran was the father of 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. Sarai did not have any children because she was not able to have 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 family and left Ur of Babylonia. They planned to travel to Canaan. Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai (Abram's wife). They traveled to the city of Haran and decided to stay 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. Terah lived to be 205 years old. 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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