| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. | 1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. |
| 2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. | 2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. |
| 3Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. | 3And 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. |
| 4And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” | 4And 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. |
| 5But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. | 5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. |
| 6And the LORD said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. | 6And 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. |
| 7Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” | 7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. |
| 8So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. | 8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. |
| 9Therefore its name is called 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. | 9Therefore 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. |
| 10This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood. | 10These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: |
| 11After he begot Arphaxad, Shem lived five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. | 11And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 12Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Salah. | 12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: |
| 13After he begot Salah, Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters. | 13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 14Salah lived thirty years, and begot Eber. | 14And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: |
| 15After he begot Eber, Salah lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters. | 15And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 16Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg. | 16And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: |
| 17After he begot Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters. | 17And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 18Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu. | 18And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: |
| 19After he begot Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters. | 19And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 20Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug. | 20And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: |
| 21After he begot Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters. | 21And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 22Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor. | 22And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: |
| 23After he begot Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. | 23And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 24Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah. | 24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: |
| 25After he begot Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters. | 25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. |
| 26Now Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. | 26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. |
| 27This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot. | 27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. |
| 28And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. | 28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. |
| 29Then Abram and Nahor took 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. | 29And 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. |
| 30But Sarai was barren; she had no child. | 30But Sarai was barren; she had no child. |
| 31And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. | 31And 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. |
| 32So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran. | 32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. |
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