Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
Now
the whole world
had
one language and a
common
form
of speech.
And
the whole earth
was
of
one language ,
and of one
speech.
And as people
journeyed eastward
, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled
there.
And it
came
to
pass,
as they
journeyed from
the
east
, that
they found a plain in the land of Shinar ;
and they
dwelt
there.
And they said to
one another, “Come
, let us make bricks
and bake
them thoroughly. ”
So
they used
brick instead
of
stone, and tar
instead
of
mortar.
And they said one to
another, Go
to
, let us make brick,
and burn
them thoroughly. And
they had
brick for
stone, and slime
had
they
for
mortar.
“Come,”
they said, “
let us build for
ourselves
a city with
a tower that
reaches
to
the
heavens
, that
we
may make a name for
ourselves
and
not
be scattered over
the face of all
the earth. ”
And
they said, Go
to,
let us build us
a city and
a tower, whose
top
may reach
unto
heaven;
and
let
us
make us
a name ,
lest
we
be scattered abroad
upon
the face of the whole
earth.
Then
the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that
the sons
of men were
building
.
And
the LORD came down to see the city and the tower ,
which
the children
of men builded
.
And the LORD said, “If
they have begun
to
do
this
as
one people
speaking
the
same
language ,
then
nothing
they devise
will be beyond
them.
And the LORD said, Behold,
the
people
is
one,
and
they have all
one language ;
and
this
they begin
to
do:
and
now
nothing
will be restrained
from
them ,
which
they
have
imagined
to
do
.
Come
, let Us go down and confuse
their language, so
that they will
not understand one another’s
speech. ”
Go
to
, let us go down ,
and there
confound
their language, that they may
not understand one another's
speech.
So the LORD scattered them from there
over
the face of all the earth ,
and they stopped
building
the city.
So the LORD scattered them abroad
from thence
upon
the face of all the earth :
and they left
off
to
build
the city.
That
is why
it is
called Babel ,
for
there
the LORD confused
the language of the whole
world,
and from that
place
the LORD scattered
them over
the face of all the earth.
Therefore
is the
name
of
it called Babel ;
because
the LORD did
there
confound
the language of all
the earth:
and from thence
did
the LORD scatter
them abroad
upon
the face of all the earth.
This
is
the account
of Shem .
Two
years
after
the
flood,
when
Shem was 100
years old, he
became
the
father
of
Arphaxad .
These
are
the generations
of Shem :
Shem was an
hundred
years old, and
begat
Arphaxad two
years
after
the
flood:
And after he had
become
the
father
of
Arphaxad ,
Shem
lived
500
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Shem
lived
after he begat
Arphaxad five
hundred
years ,
and begat
sons and daughters.
When
Arphaxad was
35
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Shelah.
And
Arphaxad lived
five
and
thirty
years, and
begat
Salah:
And after
he
had
become
the
father
of
Shelah,
Arphaxad lived 403
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Arphaxad lived after
he
begat
Salah
four
hundred
and
three
years ,
and begat
sons and daughters.
When
Shelah
was
30
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Eber .
And
Salah
lived
thirty
years, and
begat
Eber :
And after he had
become
the
father
of
Eber ,
Shelah
lived
403
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Salah
lived
after he begat
Eber four
hundred
and
three
years ,
and begat
sons and daughters.
When
Eber was
34
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Peleg .
And
Eber lived
four
and
thirty
years, and
begat
Peleg :
And after he had
become
the
father
of
Peleg ,
Eber
lived
430
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Eber
lived
after he begat
Peleg four
hundred
and
thirty
years ,
and begat
sons and daughters.
When
Peleg was
30
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Reu .
And
Peleg lived
thirty
years, and
begat
Reu :
And after he had
become
the
father
of
Reu ,
Peleg
lived
209
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Peleg
lived
after he begat
Reu two
hundred
and
nine
years ,
and begat
sons and daughters.
When
Reu was
32
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Serug .
And
Reu lived
two
and
thirty
years, and
begat
Serug :
And after he had
become
the
father
of
Serug ,
Reu
lived
207
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Reu
lived
after he begat
Serug two
hundred
and
seven
years ,
and begat
sons and daughters.
When
Serug was
30
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Nahor .
And
Serug lived
thirty
years, and
begat
Nahor :
And after he had
become
the
father
of
Nahor ,
Serug
lived
200
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Serug
lived
after he begat
Nahor two
hundred
years ,
and begat
sons and daughters.
When
Nahor was
29
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Terah .
And
Nahor lived
nine
and
twenty
years, and
begat
Terah :
And after he had
become
the
father
of
Terah ,
Nahor
lived
119
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Nahor
lived
after he begat
Terah an
hundred
and
nineteen
years ,
and begat
sons and daughters.
When
Terah was
70
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And
Terah lived
seventy
years, and
begat
Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
This
is
the account
of Terah .
Terah became
the
father
of
Abram, Nahor, and Haran .
And Haran became
the
father
of
Lot.
Now
these
are
the generations
of Terah :
Terah begat
Abram, Nahor, and Haran ;
and Haran begat
Lot.
During
his
father
Terah’s
lifetime,
Haran died in
his native
land, in Ur of the Chaldeans
.
And
Haran died before
his father
Terah
in
the
land of
his
nativity
, in Ur of the Chaldees
.
And Abram and Nahor took wives for
themselves.
Abram’s
wife was named
Sarai ,
and Nahor’s
wife was
named
Milcah ;
she
was
the daughter of Haran, who
was
the father of both
Milcah and Iscah.
And Abram and Nahor took them
wives :
the
name
of
Abram's
wife was Sarai ;
and the
name
of
Nahor's
wife ,
Milcah ,
the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah ,
and the
father
of
Iscah.
But Sarai was barren; she had no children
.
But Sarai was barren; she had no child
.
And Terah took his son Abram
, his
grandson
Lot son of Haran, and his daughter -
in -
law Sarai
the
wife
of
Abram
, and they set
out
from Ur of the Chaldeans
for
the land of Canaan .
But
when
they arrived
in
Haran, they
settled
there.
And Terah took Abram
his son, and
Lot the
son of Haran his
son's
son
, and Sarai
his daughter in law, his
son
Abram's
wife;
and they went
forth
with
them
from Ur of the Chaldees,
to
go
into
the land of Canaan ;
and
they came
unto
Haran, and
dwelt
there.
Terah lived
205
years ,
and he
died in Haran.
And
the
days
of
Terah were
two
hundred
and
five
years :
and Terah
died in Haran.
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