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Genesis 11 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:1 - And the whole earth H776 was of one H259 language, H8193 and of one H259 speech. H1697
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2 - And it came to pass, as they journeyed H5265 from the east, H6924 that they found H4672 a plain H1237 in the land H776 of Shinar; H8152 and they dwelt H3427 there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - And they said H559 one H376 to another, H7453 Go to, H3051 let us make H3835 brick, H3843 and burn H8313 them throughly. H8316 And they had brick H3843 for stone, H68 and slime H2564 had H1961 they for morter. H2563
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - And they said, H559 Go to, H3051 let us build H1129 us a city H5892 and a tower, H4026 whose top H7218 may reach unto heaven; H8064 and let us make H6213 us a name, H8034 lest we be scattered abroad H6327 upon the face H6440 of the whole earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - And the LORD H3068 came down H3381 to see H7200 the city H5892 and the tower, H4026 which the children H1121 of men H120 builded. H1129
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:6 - And the LORD H3068 said, H559 Behold, the people H5971 is one, H259 and they have all one H259 language; H8193 and this they begin H2490 to do: H6213 and now nothing H3808 H3605 will be restrained H1219 from them, which they have imagined H2161 to do. H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:7 - Go to, H3051 let us go down, H3381 and there confound H1101 their language, H8193 that H834 they may not understand H8085 one H376 another's H7453 speech. H8193
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - So the LORD H3068 scattered them abroad H6327 from thence H8033 upon the face H6440 of all the earth: H776 and they left off H2308 to build H1129 the city. H5892
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:9 - Therefore is the name of it H8034 called H7121 Babel; H894 because the LORD H3068 did there confound H1101 the language H8193 of all the earth: H776 and from thence did H6327  the LORD H3068 scatter them abroad H6327 upon the face H6440 of all the earth. H776

Descendants of Shem

(1Ch 1:17–27; Luk 3:34–36 )
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:10 - These are the generations H8435 of Shem: H8035 Shem H8035 was an hundred H3967 years H8141 old, H1121 and begat H3205 Arphaxad H775 two years H8141 after H310 the flood: H3999
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:11 - And Shem H8035 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Arphaxad H775 five H2568 hundred H3967 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:12 - And Arphaxad H775 lived H2425 five H2568 and thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Salah: H7974
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:13 - And Arphaxad H775 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Salah H7974 four H702 hundred H3967 H8141 and three H7969 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:14 - And Salah H7974 lived H2425 thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Eber: H5677
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15 - And Salah H7974 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Eber H5677 four H702 hundred H3967 H8141 and three H7969 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:16 - And Eber H5677 lived H2421 four H702 and thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Peleg: H6389
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:17 - And Eber H5677 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Peleg H6389 four H702 hundred H3967 H8141 and thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:18 - And Peleg H6389 lived H2421 thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Reu: H7466
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:19 - And Peleg H6389 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Reu H7466 two hundred H3967 H8141 and nine H8672 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:20 - And Reu H7466 lived H2421 two H8147 and thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Serug: H8286
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:21 - And Reu H7466 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Serug H8286 two hundred H3967 H8141 and seven H7651 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:22 - And Serug H8286 lived H2421 thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Nahor: H5152
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:23 - And Serug H8286 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Nahor H5152 two hundred H3967 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:24 - And Nahor H5152 lived H2421 nine H8672 and twenty H6242 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Terah: H8646
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:25 - And Nahor H5152 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Terah H8646 an hundred H3967 H8141 and nineteen H6240 H8672 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:26 - And Terah H8646 lived H2421 seventy H7657 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Abram, H87 Nahor, H5152 and Haran. H2039
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:27 - Now these are the generations H8435 of Terah: H8646 Terah H8646 begat H3205 Abram, H87 Nahor, H5152 and Haran; H2039 and Haran H2039 begat H3205 Lot. H3876
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:28 - And Haran H2039 died H4191 before H6440 his father H1 Terah H8646 in the land H776 of his nativity, H4138 in Ur H218 of the Chaldees. H3778
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:29 - And Abram H87 and Nahor H5152 took H3947 them wives: H802 the name H8034 of Abram's H87 wife H802 was Sarai; H8297 and the name H8034 of Nahor's H5152 wife, H802 Milcah, H4435 the daughter H1323 of Haran, H2039 the father H1 of Milcah, H4435 and the father H1 of Iscah. H3252
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:30 - But Sarai H8297 was barren; H6135 she had no child. H2056
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - And Terah H8646 took H3947 Abram H87 his son, H1121 and Lot H3876 the son H1121 of Haran H2039 his son's H1121 son, H1121 and Sarai H8297 his daughter in law, H3618 his son H1121 Abram's H87 wife; H802 and they went forth H3318 with them from Ur H218 of the Chaldees, H3778 to go H3212 into the land H776 of Canaan; H3667 and they came H935 unto Haran, H2771 and dwelt H3427 there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32 - And the days H3117 of Terah H8646 were two hundred H3967 H8141 and five H2568 years: H8141 and Terah H8646 died H4191 in Haran. H2771
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