Genesis 11
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Now the whole earth had one language and one speech.
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And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land a of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
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Then they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
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And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower b whose top is in the heavens; let us make a c name for ourselves, lest we d be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."
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e But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
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And the LORD said, "Indeed f the people are one and they all have g one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they h propose to do will be withheld from them.
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"Come, i let Us go down and there j confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
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So k the LORD scattered them abroad from there l over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
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Therefore its name is called Babel, m because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
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n This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
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After he begot Arphaxad, Shem lived five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
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Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, o and begot Salah.
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After he begot Salah, Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
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Salah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
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After he begot Eber, Salah lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
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p Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot q Peleg.
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After he begot Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
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Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
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After he begot Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
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Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot r Serug.
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After he begot Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
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Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
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After he begot Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
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Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot s Terah.
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After he begot Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
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Now Terah lived seventy years, and t begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot u Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.
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And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
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Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was v Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, w Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.
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But x Sarai was barren; she had no child.
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And Terah y took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from z Ur of the Chaldeans to go to a the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.
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So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.
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Cross References
Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 14:1
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations.
Daniel 1:2
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the articles of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the articles into the treasure house of his god.
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Deuteronomy 1:28
'Where can we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, "The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there."'
Deuteronomy 9:1
Hear, O Israel: You are to cross over the Jordan today, and go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven.
Psalms 107:26
They mount up to the heavens, They go down again to the depths; Their soul melts because of trouble.
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Genesis 6:4
There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
2 Samuel 8:13
And David made himself a name when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Syrians in the Valley of Salt.
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Deuteronomy 4:27
And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you.
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Genesis 18:21
"I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know."
Exodus 3:8
So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
Exodus 19:11
And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
Exodus 19:18
Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
Exodus 19:20
Then the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
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Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
Acts 17:26
And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings.
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Genesis 11:1
Now the whole earth had one language and one speech.
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Deuteronomy 31:21
"Then it shall be, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify against them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten in the mouths of their descendants, for I know the inclination of their behavior today, even before I have brought them to the land of which I swore to give them."
Psalms 2:1
Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing?
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Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
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Genesis 42:23
But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.
Exodus 4:11
So the LORD said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD?
Deuteronomy 28:49
The LORD will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand.
Isaiah 33:19
You will not see a fierce people, A people of obscure speech, beyond perception, Of a stammering tongue that you cannot understand.
Jeremiah 5:15
Behold, I will bring a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel," says the LORD. "It is a mighty nation, It is an ancient nation, A nation whose language you do not know, Nor can you understand what they say.
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Genesis 11:4
And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.
Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
Psalms 92:9
For behold, Your enemies, O LORD, For behold, Your enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Luke 1:51
He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
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Genesis 10:25
To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Genesis 10:32
These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.
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1 Corinthians 14:23
Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are out of your mind?
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Genesis 10:22 - 25
The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
1 Chronicles 1:17
The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
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Luke 3:35
The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah.
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1 Chronicles 1:19
To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
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Luke 3:35
The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah.
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Luke 3:35
The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah.
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Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.
Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of the River in old times; and they served other gods.
Luke 3:34
The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor.
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Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of the River in old times; and they served other gods.
1 Chronicles 1:26
Serug, Nahor, Terah.
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Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.
Genesis 17:5
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.
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Genesis 17:15
Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
Genesis 20:12
But indeed she is truly my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
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Genesis 22:20
Now it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, "Indeed Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
Genesis 22:23
And Bethuel begot Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Genesis 24:15
And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder.
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Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to Abram, "See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her." And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.
Luke 1:36
Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.
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Genesis 12:1
Now the LORD had said to Abram: Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you.
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Genesis 15:7
Then He said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.
Nehemiah 9:7
You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram, And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, And gave him the name Abraham.
Acts 7:4
Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell.
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Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
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