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Genesis - ch 11 v 1 - 20
- And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.
- And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.
- And each one said to his neighbour: Come, let us make brick, and bake them of stones, and slime instead of mortar.
- And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.
- And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.
- And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.
- Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there may not understand one another's speech.
- And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.
- And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.
- These are the generations of Sem: Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
- And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
- And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Sale.
- And Arphaxad lived after he begot Sale, three hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
- Sale also lived thirty years, and begot Heber.
- And Sale lived after he begot Heber, four hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
- And Heber lived thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg.
- And Heber lived after he begot Phaleg, four hundred and thirty years: and begot sons and daughters.
- Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
- And Phaleg lived after he begot Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
- And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Sarug.
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