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Genesis - ch 11 v 1 - 20
- And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.
- And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
- And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
- And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which may reach to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
- And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.
- And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing.
- Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
- And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.
- Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.
- These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
- And Shem lived after he had begotten Arphaxad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
- And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Shelah.
- And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
- And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
- And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
- And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.
- And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
- And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
- And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
- And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.
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