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| [1]And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, |
[1]the whole earth was of one language and one speech. |
| [2]and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there; |
[2]And as they went from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and there they abode. |
| [3]and they say each one to his neighbour, `Give help, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar. |
[3]And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn it in the fire. So they had brick for stone, and slime had they instead of mortar. |
| [4]And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.' |
[4]Also they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto the heaven, that we may get us a name, lest we be scattered upon the whole earth. |
| [5]And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded; |
[5]But the Lord came down, to see the city and tower, which the sons of men builded. |
| [6]and Jehovah saith, `Lo, the people [is] one, and one pronunciation [is] to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do. |
[6]And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they all have one language, and this they begin to do, neither can they now be stopped from whatsoever they have imagined to do. |
| [7]Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.' |
[7]Come on, let us go down, and there confound their language, that every one perceive not another's speech. |
| [8]And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city; |
[8]So the Lord scattered them from thence upon all the earth, and they left off to build the city. |
| [9]therefore hath [one] called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth. |
[9]Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: from thence then did the Lord scatter them upon all the earth. |
| [10]These [are] births of Shem: Shem [is] a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge. |
[10]These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood. |
| [11]And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. |
[11]And Shem lived, after he begat Arpachshad, five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| [12]And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah. |
[12]Also Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah. |
| [13]And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters. |
[13]And Arpachshad lived, after he begat Shelah, four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| [14]And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber. |
[14]And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber. |
| [15]And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters. |
[15]So Shelah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| [16]And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg. |
[16]Likewise Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg. |
| [17]And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters. |
[17]So Eber lived, after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters |
| [18]And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu. |
[18]And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu. |
| [19]And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters. |
[19]And Peleg lived, after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| [20]And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug. |
[20]Also Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug. |
| [21]And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters. |
[21]So Reu lived, after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| [22]And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor. |
[22]Moreover Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor. |
| [23]And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. |
[23]And Serug lived, after he begat Nahor, two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| [24]And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah. |
[24]And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah. |
| [25]And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters. |
[25]So Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| [26]And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran. |
[26]So Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. |
| [27]And these [are] births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot; |
[27]Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran: and Haran begat Lot. |
| [28]and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. |
[28]Then Haran died before Terah his father in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. |
| [29]And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife [is] Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife [is] Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah. |
[29]So 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]And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child. |
[30]But Sarai was barren, and had no child. |
| [31]And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there. |
[31]Then 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 departed together from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan, and they came to Haran, and dwelt there. |
| [32]And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan. |
[32]So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran. |