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