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Genesis 11

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¹ They said, "Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the LORD instructed]."

² Now the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

³ And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one [unified] people, and they all have the same language. This is only the beginning of what they will do [in rebellion against Me], and now no evil thing they imagine they can do will be impossible for them.

⁴ Come, let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) go down and there confuse and mix up their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech."

⁵ So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the surface of the entire earth; and they stopped building the city.

⁶ Therefore the name of the city was[2] Babel—because there the LORD confused the language of the entire earth; and from that place the LORD scattered and dispersed them over the surface of all the earth.

⁷ These are the records of the generations of Shem [from whom Abraham descended]. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the flood.

⁸ And Shem lived five hundred years after Arpachshad was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

⁹ When Arpachshad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah.

¹⁰ Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after Shelah was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹¹ When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber.

¹² Shelah lived four hundred and three years after Eber was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹³ When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg.

¹⁴ And Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after Peleg was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁵ When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu.

¹⁶ And Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after Reu was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁷ When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug.

¹⁸ And Reu lived two hundred and seven years after Serug was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁹ When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor.

²⁰ And Serug lived two hundred years after Nahor was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

²¹ When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah.

²² And Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen years after Terah was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

²³ After Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of[3] Abram and Nahor and Haran [his firstborn].

²⁴ Now these are the records of the descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram (Abraham), Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.

²⁵ Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in[4] Ur of the Chaldeans.

²⁶ Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai (later called Sarah), and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

²⁷ But Sarai was barren; she did not have a child.

²⁸ Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went out together to go from Ur of the Chaldeans into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran [about five hundred and fifty miles northwest of Ur], they settled there.

²⁹ Terah lived two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.

³⁰ Now [in Haran] the LORD had said to Abram, "Go away from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you;

³¹ And[1] I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you [abundantly], And make your name great (exalted, distinguished); And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others];

³² And I will bless (do good for, benefit) those who bless you, And I will curse [that is, subject to My wrath and judgment] the one who curses (despises, dishonors, has contempt for) you. And in you all the families (nations) of the earth will be blessed."

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1	They said, "Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the LORD instructed]."
2	Now the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
3	And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one [unified] people, and they all have the same language. This is only the beginning of what they will do [in rebellion against Me], and now no evil thing they imagine they can do will be impossible for them.
4	Come, let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) go down and there confuse and mix up their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech."
5	So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the surface of the entire earth; and they stopped building the city.
6	Therefore the name of the city was[2] Babel—because there the LORD confused the language of the entire earth; and from that place the LORD scattered and dispersed them over the surface of all the earth.
7	These are the records of the generations of Shem [from whom Abraham descended]. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the flood.
8	And Shem lived five hundred years after Arpachshad was born, and he had other sons and daughters.
9	When Arpachshad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah.
10	Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after Shelah was born, and he had other sons and daughters.
11	When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber.
12	Shelah lived four hundred and three years after Eber was born, and he had other sons and daughters.
13	When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg.
14	And Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after Peleg was born, and he had other sons and daughters.
15	When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu.
16	And Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after Reu was born, and he had other sons and daughters.
17	When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug.
18	And Reu lived two hundred and seven years after Serug was born, and he had other sons and daughters.
19	When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor.
20	And Serug lived two hundred years after Nahor was born, and he had other sons and daughters.
21	When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah.
22	And Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen years after Terah was born, and he had other sons and daughters.
23	After Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of[3] Abram and Nahor and Haran [his firstborn].
24	Now these are the records of the descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram (Abraham), Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
25	Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in[4] Ur of the Chaldeans.
26	Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai (later called Sarah), and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
27	But Sarai was barren; she did not have a child.
28	Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went out together to go from Ur of the Chaldeans into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran [about five hundred and fifty miles northwest of Ur], they settled there.
29	Terah lived two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
30	Now [in Haran] the LORD had said to Abram, "Go away from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you;
31	And[1] I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you [abundantly], And make your name great (exalted, distinguished); And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others];
32	And I will bless (do good for, benefit) those who bless you, And I will curse [that is, subject to My wrath and judgment] the one who curses (despises, dishonors, has contempt for) you. And in you all the families (nations) of the earth will be blessed."

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