Genesis Chapter 11
Genesis is the 1st book in the Holy Bible.
This page contains Genesis 11:1 to Genesis 11:9.
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Genesis 11:1
Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words.
Genesis 11:2
It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Genesis 11:3
They said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly." And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
Genesis 11:4
They said, "Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."
Genesis 11:5
The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
Genesis 11:6
The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.
Genesis 11:7
"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech."
Genesis 11:8
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11:10
These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;
Genesis 11:11
and Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:12
Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah;
Genesis 11:13
and Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:14
Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber;
Genesis 11:15
and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:16
Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg;
Genesis 11:17
and Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:18
Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu;
Genesis 11:19
and Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:20
Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug;
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