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Genesis 11
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– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Gen 11:1 - Now the whole^H3605 earth^H776 [fn]used^H1961 the same^H259 language^H8193 and [fn]the same^H259 words.^H1697

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Gen 11:2 - It came^H1961 about as they journeyed^H5265 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 - They said^H559 to one^H376 another,^H7453 “Come,^H3051 let us make^H3835 bricks^H3835 and burn^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 - They said,^H559 “Come,^H3051 let us build^H1129 for ourselves a city,^H5892 and a tower^H4026 whose top^H7218 will reach into heaven,^H8064 and let us make^H6213 for ourselves a name,^H8034 otherwise^H6435 we will be scattered^H6327 abroad over^H5921 the face^H6440 of the whole^H3605 earth.”^H776

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Gen 11:5 - The LORD^H3068 came^H3381 down^H3381 to see^H7200 the city^H5892 and the tower^H4026 which^H834 the sons^H1121 of men^H120 had built.^H1129

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Gen 11:6 - 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 began^H2490 to do,^H6213 and now^H6258 nothing^H3808^H3605 which^H834 they purpose^H2161 to do^H6213 will be [fn]impossible^H1219 for them.

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Gen 11:7 - “Come,^H3051 let Us go^H3381 down^H3381 and there^H8033 confuse^H1101 their [fn]language,^H8193 so^H834 that 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 the whole^H3605 earth;^H776 and they stopped^H2308 building^H1129 the city.^H5892

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

Descendants of Shem

(1Ch 1:17–27; Luk 3:34–36 )

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Gen 11:10 - These^H428 are the records of the generations^H8435 of Shem.^H8035 Shem^H8035 was one hundred^H3967 years^H8141 old,^H1121 and [fn]became^H3205 the father^H3205 of 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 became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Arpachshad,^H775 and he had^H3205 other sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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Gen 11:12 - Arpachshad^H775 lived^H2421 thirty-five^H7970^H2568 years,^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Shelah;^H7974

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Gen 11:13 - and Arpachshad^H775 lived^H2421 four^H702 hundred^H3967 and three^H7969 years^H8141 after^H310 he became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Shelah,^H7974 and he had^H3205 other sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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Gen 11:14 - Shelah^H7974 lived^H2421 thirty^H7970 years,^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Eber;^H5677

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Gen 11:15 - and Shelah^H7974 lived^H2421 four^H702 hundred^H3967 and three^H7969 years^H8141 after^H310 he became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Eber,^H5677 and he had^H3205 other sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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Gen 11:16 - Eber^H5677 lived^H2421 thirty-four^H7970^H702 years,^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Peleg;^H6389

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Gen 11:17 - and Eber^H5677 lived^H2421 four^H702 hundred^H3967 and thirty^H7970 years^H8141 after^H310 he became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Peleg,^H6389 and he had^H3205 other sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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Gen 11:18 - Peleg^H6389 lived^H2421 thirty^H7970 years,^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Reu;^H7466

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Gen 11:19 - and Peleg^H6389 lived^H2421 two hundred^H3967 and nine^H8672 years^H8141 after^H310 he became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Reu,^H7466 and he had^H3205 other sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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Gen 11:20 - Reu^H7466 lived^H2421 thirty-two^H7970^H8147 years,^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Serug;^H8286

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Gen 11:21 - and Reu^H7466 lived^H2421 two hundred^H3967 and seven^H7651 years^H8141 after^H310 he became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Serug,^H8286 and he had^H3205 other sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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Gen 11:22 - Serug^H8286 lived^H2421 thirty^H7970 years,^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Nahor;^H5152

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

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Gen 11:24 - Nahor^H5152 lived^H2421 twenty-nine^H6242^H8672 years,^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Terah;^H8646

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Gen 11:25 - and Nahor^H5152 lived^H2421 one hundred^H3967 and nineteen^H8672^H6240 years^H8141 after^H310 he became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Terah,^H8646 and he had^H3205 other sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

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

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Gen 11:27 - Now these^H428 are the records of the generations^H8435 of Terah.^H8646 Terah^H8646 became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Abram,^H87 Nahor^H5152 and Haran;^H2039 and Haran^H2039 became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Lot.^H3876

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Gen 11:28 - Haran^H2039 died^H4191 [fn]in the presence^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 barren;^H6135 she had^H369 no^H369 child.^H2056

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Gen 11:31 - Terah^H8646 took^H3947 Abram^H87 his son,^H1121 and Lot^H3876 the son^H1121 of Haran,^H2039 his grandson,^H1121 and Sarai^H8297 his daughter-in-law,^H3618 his son^H1121 Abram’s^H87 wife;^H802 and they went^H3318 out [fn]together^H854 from Ur^H218 of the Chaldeans^H3778 in order to enter^H1980 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 two hundred^H3967 and five^H2568 years;^H8141 and Terah^H8646 died^H4191 in Haran.^H2771

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NASB95 Footnotes

(11:1)

Literally: was one lip

(11:1)

Or, few or one set of words

(11:2)

Literally: dwelt

(11:6)

Literally: one lip

(11:6)

Literally: withheld from

(11:7)

Literally: lip

(11:9)

Or, Babylon; cf Heb balal, confuse

(11:9)

Literally: lip

(11:10)

Literally: begot, and so throughout the chapter

(11:28)

Or, during the lifetime of

(11:29)

Literally: and the father of

(11:31)

Literally: with them

(11:31)

Literally: dwelt

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Genesis 11
NASB95
– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)