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Genesis - ch 11 v 1 - 20
- And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
- And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.
- And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.
- And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
- And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
- And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.
- Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
- So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.
- So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.
- These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;
- And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
- And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:
- And after the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
- And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:
- And after the birth of Eber, Shelah went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
- And Eber was thirty-four years old when he became the father of Peleg:
- And after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:
- And Peleg was thirty years old when he became the father of Reu:
- And after the birth of Reu, Peleg went on living for two hundred and nine years, and had sons and daughters:
- And Reu was thirty-two years old when he became the father of Serug:
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