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Genesis - ch 11 v 1 - 20
- And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
- And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
- And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
- And they said, Come, 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.
- And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
- And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
- Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
- So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.
- Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
- These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood.
- and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
- And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah.
- and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
- And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
- and Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
- And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
- and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
- And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
- and Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
- And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
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