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And this is what they have begun to do. So now nothing which they purpose to do will be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>impossible for them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Come, let Us go down and there confuse their <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>language, so that they will not understand one another’s <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>language.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So Yahweh scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore its name was called <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Babel, because there Yahweh confused the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>language of the whole earth; and from there Yahweh scattered them over the face of the whole earth. <p class="hdg">The Generations of Shem</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>These are the generations of Shem. Shem was 100 years old and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and Shem lived 500 years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he became the father of <i>other</i> sons and daughters. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Arpachshad lived 35 years and became the father of Shelah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and Arpachshad lived 403 years after he became the father of Shelah, and he became the father of <i>other</i> sons and daughters. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Shelah lived 30 years and became the father of Eber; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and Shelah lived 403 years after he became the father of Eber, and he became the father of <i>other</i> sons and daughters. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Eber lived 34 years and became the father of Peleg; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and Eber lived 430 years after he became the father of Peleg, and he became the father of <i>other</i> sons and daughters. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Peleg lived 30 years and became the father of Reu; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and Peleg lived 209 years after he became the father of Reu, and he became the father of <i>other</i> sons and daughters. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Reu lived 32 years and became the father of Serug; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>and Reu lived 207 years after he became the father of Serug, and he became the father of <i>other</i> sons and daughters. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Serug lived 30 years and became the father of Nahor; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and Serug lived 200 years after he became the father of Nahor, and he became the father of <i>other</i> sons and daughters. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Nahor lived 29 years and became the father of Terah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and Nahor lived 119 years after he became the father of Terah, and he became the father of <i>other</i> sons and daughters. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And Terah lived 70 years and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. <p class="hdg">The Generations of Terah</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And Haran died <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>in the presence of Terah his father in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And Sarai was barren; she had no child. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went out <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to go to the land of Canaan; and they came as far as Haran and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>settled there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And the days of Terah were 205 years; and Terah died in Haran.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>was one lip</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>one</i> set of <i>words</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>dwelt</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>one lip</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>withheld from</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>lip</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>lip</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>Babylon</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>lip</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>begot</i>, so in ch<br><span class="fnverse">28</span> Or <i>during the lifetime of</i><br><span class="fnverse">31</span> Lit <i>with them</i><br><span class="fnverse">31</span> Lit <i>dwelt</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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