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| [1]And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, |
[1]And the whole earth was of one language, and of 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 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 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, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. |
| [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]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 Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded; |
[5]And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children 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 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]Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.' |
[7]Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one 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 abroad from thence upon the face of 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 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] 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 Arphaxad 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 Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| [12]And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah. |
[12]And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: |
| [13]And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters. |
[13]And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| [14]And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber. |
[14]And Salah 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]And Salah 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]And 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]And 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]And 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]And 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]And 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]And 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]And 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]And Haran died before his father Terah 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]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]And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child. |
[30]But Sarai was barren; she 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]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 are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan. |
[32]And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. |