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1Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.

1There was a time when the entire earth spoke a common language with an identical vocabulary.

2And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

2As people migrated westward, they came across a plain in the region of Shinar and settled there.

3And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

3They told each other, "Come on! Let's burn bricks thoroughly." They used bricks for stone and tar for mortar.

4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

4Then they said, "Come on! Let's build ourselves a city and a tower, with its summit in the heavens, and let's make a name for ourselves so we won't be scattered over the surface of the whole earth."

5Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

5However, the LORD descended to look over the city and the tower that the humans were building.

6And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.

6The LORD said, "Look! They are one people with the same language for all of them, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. Nothing that they have a mind to do will be impossible for them!

7Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

7Come on! Let's go down there and confuse their language, so that they won't understand each other's speech."

8So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

8So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the surface of the whole earth, so that they had to stop building the city.

9That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.

9Therefore it was called Babylon, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth, and from there the LORD scattered them over the surface of the entire earth.

10This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.

10These are the family records of Shem. When Shem had lived 100 years, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.

11And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

11Shem lived 500 years after he fathered Arpachshad and had other sons and daughters.

12When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.

12When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Cainan.

13And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

13After he fathered Cainan, Arpachshad lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters, and then died. Cainan lived 130 years and fathered Shelah. After he fathered Shelah, Cainan lived 330 years and had other sons and daughters, and then died.

14When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.

14When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber.

15And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

15After he fathered Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

16When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

16When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg.

17And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

17After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

18When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.

18When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered Reu.

19And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

19After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

20When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.

20When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug.

21And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

21After he fathered Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

22When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.

22When Serug had lived 30 years, he fathered Nahor.

23And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

23After he fathered Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

24When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.

24When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah.

25And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

25After he fathered Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

26When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

26When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

27Now these are the family records of Terah: Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.

28During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

28Haran died during his father's lifetime in the land of his birth, that is, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

29And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

29Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of Milcah and Iscah.

30But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

30Sarai was barren, so she had not borne children.

31And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

31Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they journeyed together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they had gone as far as Haran, they settled there,

32Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

32where Terah died at the age of 205 years.

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