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Genesis 11 – New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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The Tower of Babel

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Now all^H3605 the earth^H776 [fn]used^H1961 the same^H259 language^H8193 and [fn]the same^H259 words^H1697.

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Gen 11:2 - And it came^H1961 about^H1961, as they journeyed^H5265 [fn]east^H6924, that they found^H4672 a plain^H1237 in the land^H776 of Shinar^H8152 and [fn]settled^H3427 there^H8033.

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Gen 11:3 - Then they said^H559 to one^H376 another^H7453, “Come^H3051, let’s make^H3835 bricks^H3835 and [fn]fire^H8313 them thoroughly^H8316.” And they used^H1961 brick^H3843 for stone^H68, and they used^H1961 tar^H2564 for mortar^H2563.

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Gen 11:4 - And they said^H559, “Come^H3051, let’s build^H1129 ourselves a city^H5892, and a tower^H4026 whose top^H7218 will reach into heaven^H8064, and let’s make^H6213 a name^H8034 for ourselves; otherwise^H6435 we will be scattered^H6327 abroad over^H5921 the face^H6440 of all^H3605 the earth^H776.”

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Gen 11:5 - Now the LORD^H3068 came^H3381 down^H3381 to see^H7200 the city^H5892 and the tower^H4026 which^H834 the [fn]men^H120 had built^H1129.

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Gen 11:6 - And the LORD^H3068 said^H559, “Behold^H2005, they are one^H259 people^H5971, and they all^H3605 have [fn]the same^H259 language^H8193. And this^H2088 is what they have started^H2490 to do^H6213, and now^H6258 nothing^H3808^H3605 which^H834 they plan^H2161 to do^H6213 will be^H1219 [fn]impossible^H1219 for them.

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Gen 11:7 - “Come^H3051, [fn]let Us go^H3381 down^H3381 and there^H8033 confuse^H1101 their [fn]language^H8193, so^H834 that^H834 they will not understand^H8085 one^H376 another’s^H7453 [fn]speech^H8193.”

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Gen 11:8 - So the LORD^H3068 scattered^H6327 them abroad from there^H8033 over^H5921 the face^H6440 of all^H3605 the earth^H776; and they stopped^H2308 building^H1129 the city^H5892.

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Gen 11:9 - Therefore^H5921^H3651 it was named^H7121^H8034 [fn]Babel^H894, because^H3588 there^H8033 the LORD^H3068 confused^H1101 the [fn]language^H8193 of all^H3605 the earth^H776; and from there^H8033 the LORD^H3068 scattered^H6327 them abroad over^H5921 the face^H6440 of all^H3605 the earth^H776.

Descendants of Shem

(1Ch 1:17–27; Luk 3:34–36 )

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These^H428 are the records of the generations^H8435 of Shem^H8035. Shem^H8035 was a hundred^H3967 years^H8141 old^H1121 when he fathered^H3205 Arpachshad^H775, two years^H8141 after^H310 the flood^H3999;

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

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Arpachshad^H775 lived^H2421 thirty-five^H7970^H2568 years^H8141, and fathered^H3205 Shelah^H7974;

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Gen 11:13 - and Arpachshad^H775 lived^H2421 403^H702^H3967^H7969 years^H8141 after^H310 he fathered^H3205 Shelah^H7974, and he fathered^H3205 other sons^H1121 and daughters^H1323.

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Shelah^H7974 lived^H2421 thirty^H7970 years^H8141, and fathered^H3205 Eber^H5677;

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Gen 11:15 - and Shelah^H7974 lived^H2421 403^H702^H3967^H7969 years^H8141 after^H310 he fathered^H3205 Eber^H5677, and he fathered^H3205 other sons^H1121 and daughters^H1323.

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Eber^H5677 lived^H2421 thirty-four^H7970^H702 years^H8141, and fathered^H3205 Peleg^H6389;

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Gen 11:17 - and Eber^H5677 lived^H2421 430^H702^H3967^H7970 years^H8141 after^H310 he fathered^H3205 Peleg^H6389, and he fathered^H3205 other sons^H1121 and daughters^H1323.

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Peleg^H6389 lived^H2421 thirty^H7970 years^H8141, and fathered^H3205 Reu^H7466;

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Gen 11:19 - and Peleg^H6389 lived^H2421 209^H3967^H8672 years^H8141 after^H310 he fathered^H3205 Reu^H7466, and he fathered^H3205 other sons^H1121 and daughters^H1323.

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Reu^H7466 lived^H2421 thirty-two^H7970^H8147 years^H8141, and fathered^H3205 Serug^H8286;

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Gen 11:21 - and Reu^H7466 lived^H2421 207^H3967^H7651 years^H8141 after^H310 he fathered^H3205 Serug^H8286, and he fathered^H3205 other sons^H1121 and daughters^H1323.

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Serug^H8286 lived^H2421 thirty^H7970 years^H8141, and fathered^H3205 Nahor^H5152;

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

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Nahor^H5152 lived^H2421 twenty-nine^H6242^H8672 years^H8141, and fathered^H3205 Terah^H8646;

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Gen 11:25 - and Nahor^H5152 lived^H2421 119^H3967^H8672^H6240 years^H8141 after^H310 he fathered^H3205 Terah^H8646, and he fathered^H3205 other sons^H1121 and daughters^H1323.

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Terah^H8646 lived^H2421 seventy^H7657 years^H8141, and fathered^H3205 Abram^H87, Nahor^H5152, and Haran^H2039.

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Now these^H428 are the records of the generations^H8435 of Terah^H8646. Terah^H8646 fathered^H3205 Abram^H87, Nahor^H5152, and Haran^H2039; and Haran^H2039 fathered^H3205 Lot^H3876.

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Gen 11:28 - Haran^H2039 died^H4191 [fn]during the lifetime^H6440 of his father^H1 Terah^H8646 in the land^H776 of his birth^H4138, in Ur^H218 of the Chaldeans^H3778.

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Gen 11:29 - Abram^H87 and Nahor^H5152 took^H3947 wives^H802 for themselves. The name^H8034 of Abram’s^H87 wife^H802 was Sarai^H8297, and the name^H8034 of Nahor’s^H5152 wife^H802 was Milcah^H4435, the daughter^H1323 of Haran^H2039, the father^H1 of Milcah^H4435 [fn]and Iscah^H3252.

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Gen 11:30 - Sarai^H8297 was unable^H6135 to^H6135 conceive^H6135; she did not^H369 have^H369 a child^H2056.

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Now Terah^H8646 took^H3947 his son^H1121 Abram^H87, and Lot^H3876 the son^H1121 of Haran^H2039, his grandson^H1121, and his daughter-in-law^H3618 Sarai^H8297, his son^H1121 Abram’s^H87 wife^H802, and they departed^H3318 [fn]together^H854 from Ur^H218 of the Chaldeans^H3778 to go^H1980 to the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667; and they went^H935 as far^H5704 as Haran^H2771 and [fn]settled^H3427 there^H8033.

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Gen 11:32 - The days^H3117 of Terah^H8646 were 205^H3967^H2568 years^H8141; and Terah^H8646 died^H4191 in Haran^H2771.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(11:1)

Lit was one lip

(11:1)

Or few or one set of words

(11:2)

Or from the east

(11:2)

Lit dwelt

(11:3)

I.e., in a kiln to harden them

(11:5)

Lit sons of mankind

(11:6)

Lit one lip

(11:6)

Lit inaccessible to

(11:7)

I.e., indicating united action, not a request

(11:7)

Lit lip

(11:7)

Lit lip

(11:9)

Or Babylon; cf. Heb balal, confuse

(11:9)

Lit lip

(11:28)

Lit before the face of

(11:29)

Lit and the father of

(11:31)

Lit with them

(11:31)

Lit dwelt

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