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Genesis 11 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Gen 11:1 - And the whole earth^H776 was of one^H259 language,^H8193 and of one^H259 speech.^H1697

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Gen 11:2 - And it came to pass, as they journeyed^H5265 from the east,^H6924 that they found^H4672 a plain^H1237 in the land^H776 of Shinar;^H8152 and they dwelt^H3427 there.

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Gen 11:3 - And they said^H559 one^H376 to another,^H7453 Go to,^H3051 let us make^H3835 brick,^H3843 and burn^H8313 them throughly.^H8316 And they had brick^H3843 for stone,^H68 and slime^H2564 had^H1961 they for morter.^H2563

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Gen 11:4 - And they said,^H559 Go to,^H3051 let us build^H1129 us a city^H5892 and a tower,^H4026 whose top^H7218 may reach unto heaven;^H8064 and let us make^H6213 us a name,^H8034 lest we be scattered abroad^H6327 upon the face^H6440 of the whole earth.^H776

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Gen 11:5 - And the LORD^H3068 came down^H3381 to see^H7200 the city^H5892 and the tower,^H4026 which the children^H1121 of men^H120 builded.^H1129

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Gen 11:6 - And the LORD^H3068 said,^H559 Behold, the people^H5971 is one,^H259 and they have all one^H259 language;^H8193 and this they begin^H2490 to do:^H6213 and now nothing^H3808^H3605 will be restrained^H1219 from them, which they have imagined^H2161 to do.^H6213

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Gen 11:7 - Go to,^H3051 let us go down,^H3381 and there confound^H1101 their language,^H8193 that^H834 they may not understand^H8085 one^H376 another's^H7453 speech.^H8193

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Gen 11:8 - So the LORD^H3068 scattered them abroad^H6327 from thence^H8033 upon the face^H6440 of all the earth:^H776 and they left off^H2308 to build^H1129 the city.^H5892

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Gen 11:9 - Therefore is the name of it^H8034 called^H7121 Babel;^H894 because the LORD^H3068 did there confound^H1101 the language^H8193 of all the earth:^H776 and from thence did^H6327 ➔ the LORD^H3068 scatter them abroad^H6327 upon the face^H6440 of all the earth.^H776

Descendants of Shem

(1Ch 1:17–27; Luk 3:34–36 )

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Gen 11:10 - These are the generations^H8435 of Shem:^H8035 Shem^H8035 was an hundred^H3967 years^H8141 old,^H1121 and begat^H3205 Arphaxad^H775 two years^H8141 after^H310 the flood:^H3999

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Gen 11:11 - And Shem^H8035 lived^H2421 after^H310 he begat^H3205 Arphaxad^H775 five^H2568 hundred^H3967 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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Gen 11:12 - And Arphaxad^H775 lived^H2425 five^H2568 and thirty^H7970 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 Salah:^H7974

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Gen 11:13 - And Arphaxad^H775 lived^H2421 after^H310 he begat^H3205 Salah^H7974 four^H702 hundred^H3967^H8141 and three^H7969 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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Gen 11:14 - And Salah^H7974 lived^H2425 thirty^H7970 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 Eber:^H5677

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Gen 11:15 - And Salah^H7974 lived^H2421 after^H310 he begat^H3205 Eber^H5677 four^H702 hundred^H3967^H8141 and three^H7969 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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Gen 11:16 - And Eber^H5677 lived^H2421 four^H702 and thirty^H7970 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 Peleg:^H6389

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Gen 11:17 - And Eber^H5677 lived^H2421 after^H310 he begat^H3205 Peleg^H6389 four^H702 hundred^H3967^H8141 and thirty^H7970 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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Gen 11:18 - And Peleg^H6389 lived^H2421 thirty^H7970 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 Reu:^H7466

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Gen 11:19 - And Peleg^H6389 lived^H2421 after^H310 he begat^H3205 Reu^H7466 two hundred^H3967^H8141 and nine^H8672 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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Gen 11:20 - And Reu^H7466 lived^H2421 two^H8147 and thirty^H7970 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 Serug:^H8286

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Gen 11:21 - And Reu^H7466 lived^H2421 after^H310 he begat^H3205 Serug^H8286 two hundred^H3967^H8141 and seven^H7651 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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Gen 11:22 - And Serug^H8286 lived^H2421 thirty^H7970 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 Nahor:^H5152

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Gen 11:23 - And Serug^H8286 lived^H2421 after^H310 he begat^H3205 Nahor^H5152 two hundred^H3967 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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Gen 11:24 - And Nahor^H5152 lived^H2421 nine^H8672 and twenty^H6242 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 Terah:^H8646

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Gen 11:25 - And Nahor^H5152 lived^H2421 after^H310 he begat^H3205 Terah^H8646 an hundred^H3967^H8141 and nineteen^H6240^H8672 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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Gen 11:26 - And Terah^H8646 lived^H2421 seventy^H7657 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 Abram,^H87 Nahor,^H5152 and Haran.^H2039

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Gen 11:27 - Now these are the generations^H8435 of Terah:^H8646 Terah^H8646 begat^H3205 Abram,^H87 Nahor,^H5152 and Haran;^H2039 and Haran^H2039 begat^H3205 Lot.^H3876

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Gen 11:28 - And Haran^H2039 died^H4191 before^H6440 his father^H1 Terah^H8646 in the land^H776 of his nativity,^H4138 in Ur^H218 of the Chaldees.^H3778

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Gen 11:29 - And Abram^H87 and Nahor^H5152 took^H3947 them wives:^H802 the name^H8034 of Abram's^H87 wife^H802 was Sarai;^H8297 and the name^H8034 of Nahor's^H5152 wife,^H802 Milcah,^H4435 the daughter^H1323 of Haran,^H2039 the father^H1 of Milcah,^H4435 and the father^H1 of Iscah.^H3252

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Gen 11:30 - But Sarai^H8297 was barren;^H6135 she had no child.^H2056

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Gen 11:31 - And Terah^H8646 took^H3947 Abram^H87 his son,^H1121 and Lot^H3876 the son^H1121 of Haran^H2039 his son's^H1121 son,^H1121 and Sarai^H8297 his daughter in law,^H3618 his son^H1121 Abram's^H87 wife;^H802 and they went forth^H3318 with them from Ur^H218 of the Chaldees,^H3778 to go^H3212 into the land^H776 of Canaan;^H3667 and they came^H935 unto Haran,^H2771 and dwelt^H3427 there.

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Gen 11:32 - And the days^H3117 of Terah^H8646 were two hundred^H3967^H8141 and five^H2568 years:^H8141 and Terah^H8646 died^H4191 in Haran.^H2771

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