Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Now
the whole world
had
one language
and a
common
form
of speech.
And
the whole earth
is
of
one pronunciation,
and of the
same
words,
And as
people
journeyed
eastward
, they found
a plain
in the land of Shinar and settled
there .
and it
cometh
to
pass
, in
their
journeying
from
the
east,
that
they find
a valley
in the land of Shinar ,
and dwell
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 say
each
one to
his
neighbour
, `Give
help
, let us make bricks ,
and burn
`
them '
thoroughly :'
and
the
brick is
to
them
for
stone, and the
bitumen
hath
been
to
them
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 say
, `Give
help,
let us build for ourselves a city and
tower ,
and
its
head
in
the heavens, and
make for ourselves a
name,
lest
we
be scattered over the face of all the earth. '
Then
the
LORD
came
down to see the city and the tower that
the sons of men were
building.
And
Jehovah
cometh
down to see the city and the tower which
the sons of men have
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 Jehovah
saith,
`Lo,
the people
`is'
one
, and
one
pronunciation
`is'
to them
all,
and
this it
hath
dreamed
of
doing;
and
now
, nothing is
restrained
from
them of
that
which
they
have
purposed
to
do
.
Come
, let Us go down and confuse
their language
, so that they
will
not understand one
another’s
speech
. ”
Give
help
, let us go down ,
and mingle
there
their pronunciation
, so that a
man
doth
not understand the
pronunciation
of
his
companion
. '
So
the
LORD
scattered
them from there
over the face of all the earth, and they stopped
building
the city .
And
Jehovah
doth
scatter
them from thence
over the face of all the earth, and they cease
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
hath
`one'
called its
name
Babel, for there hath
Jehovah
mingled
the pronunciation
of all
the earth
, and from thence
hath
Jehovah
scattered them over 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'
births
of Shem :
Shem `is'
a
son
of
an
hundred
years, and
begetteth
Arphaxad two
years
after
the
deluge
.
And after he
had
become
the
father
of
Arphaxad ,
Shem
lived
500
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Shem
liveth
after his
begetting
Arphaxad five
hundred
years ,
and begetteth
sons and daughters.
When
Arphaxad was
35
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Shelah
.
And
Arphaxad hath
lived
five
and
thirty
years, and
begetteth
Salah
.
And after
he
had
become
the
father
of
Shelah,
Arphaxad lived
403
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Arphaxad liveth
after
his
begetting
Salah
four
hundred
and
three
years ,
and begetteth
sons and daughters.
When
Shelah
was
30
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Eber.
And
Salah
hath
lived
thirty
years, and
begetteth
Eber.
And after he
had
become
the
father
of
Eber ,
Shelah
lived
403
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Salah
liveth
after his
begetting
Eber four
hundred
and
three
years ,
and begetteth
sons and daughters.
When
Eber was
34
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Peleg.
And
Eber liveth
four
and
thirty
years, and
begetteth
Peleg.
And after he
had
become
the
father
of
Peleg ,
Eber
lived
430
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Eber
liveth
after his
begetting
Peleg four
hundred
and
thirty
years ,
and begetteth
sons and daughters.
When
Peleg was
30
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Reu.
And
Peleg liveth
thirty
years, and
begetteth
Reu.
And after he
had
become
the
father
of
Reu ,
Peleg
lived
209
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Peleg
liveth
after his
begetting
Reu two
hundred
and
nine
years ,
and begetteth
sons and daughters.
When
Reu was
32
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Serug.
And
Reu liveth
two
and
thirty
years, and
begetteth
Serug.
And after he
had
become
the
father
of
Serug ,
Reu
lived
207
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Reu
liveth
after his
begetting
Serug two
hundred
and
seven
years ,
and begetteth
sons and daughters.
When
Serug was
30
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Nahor.
And
Serug liveth
thirty
years, and
begetteth
Nahor.
And after he
had
become
the
father
of
Nahor ,
Serug
lived
200
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Serug
liveth
after his
begetting
Nahor two
hundred
years ,
and begetteth
sons and daughters.
When
Nahor was
29
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Terah.
And
Nahor liveth
nine
and
twenty
years, and
begetteth
Terah.
And after he
had
become
the
father
of
Terah ,
Nahor
lived
119
years and had
other
sons and daughters.
And Nahor
liveth
after his
begetting
Terah an
hundred
and
nineteen
years ,
and begetteth
sons and daughters.
When
Terah was
70
years old
, he
became
the
father
of
Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And
Terah liveth
seventy
years, and
begetteth
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 .
And
these
`are'
births
of Terah :
Terah hath
begotten
Abram, Nahor, and Haran ;
and Haran hath
begotten
Lot ;
During
his father Terah’s
lifetime
, Haran
died
in his
native
land, in Ur of the Chaldeans
.
and
Haran
dieth
in
the
presence
of
Terah
his father, in the
land of
his
birth
, 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 take
to
themselves wives;
the
name
of
Abram's
wife `is'
Sarai, and the
name
of
Nahor's
wife `is'
Milcah ,
daughter of Haran, father of Milcah ,
and father
of
Iscah.
But
Sarai was
barren ;
she had
no children
.
And
Sarai is
barren --
she hath
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 taketh
Abram
his son, and
Lot ,
son of Haran, his
son's
son,
and Sarai
his daughter-in-law ,
wife of Abram his
son
, and they go
out with
them
from Ur of the Chaldees,
to
go
towards
the land of Canaan ;
and
they come
unto
Charan
, and
dwell
there.
Terah lived
205
years, and he
died
in Haran
.
And
the
days
of
Terah are
two
hundred
and
five
years, and Terah
dieth
in Charan
.
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