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Now all the earth used the same language and the same words.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

And it came about, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

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.

Then they said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and fire them thoroughly." And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

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.

And they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let's make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth."

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.

Now the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the men had built.

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they have started to do, and now nothing which they plan to do will be impossible for them.

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.

"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech."

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they stopped building the city.

So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Therefore it was named Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

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.

These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he fathered Arpachshad, two years after the flood;

These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

and Shem lived five hundred years after he fathered Arpachshad, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and fathered Shelah;

And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

and Arpachshad lived 403 years after he fathered Shelah, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

Shelah lived thirty years, and fathered Eber;

And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

and Shelah lived 403 years after he fathered Eber, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

Eber lived thirty-four years, and fathered Peleg;

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

and Eber lived 430 years after he fathered Peleg, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

Peleg lived thirty years, and fathered Reu;

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

and Peleg lived 209 years after he fathered Reu, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

Reu lived thirty-two years, and fathered Serug;

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

and Reu lived 207 years after he fathered Serug, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

Serug lived thirty years, and fathered Nahor;

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

and Serug lived two hundred years after he fathered Nahor, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and fathered Terah;

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

and Nahor lived 119 years after he fathered Terah, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

Terah lived seventy years, and fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.

Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

Haran died during the lifetime of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

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.

Sarai was unable to conceive; she did not have a child.

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Now Terah took his son Abram, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they departed together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran and settled there.

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.

The days of Terah were 205 years; and Terah died in Haran.

And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.