KJV Easy Read Bible The Tower of Babel1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3And 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 4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. 6And 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. are 7Go to, let Us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. confuse 8So the Lord scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from there did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Confusion Shem’s Descendants10These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and fathered Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11And Shem lived after he fathered Arphaxad five hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters. 12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and fathered Salah: 13And Arphaxad lived after he fathered Salah four hundred and three years, and fathered sons and daughters. 14And Salah lived thirty years, and fathered Eber: 15And Salah lived after he fathered Eber four hundred and three years, and fathered sons and daughters. 16And Eber lived four and thirty years, and fathered Peleg: 17And Eber lived after he fathered Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and fathered sons and daughters. 18And Peleg lived thirty years, and fathered Reu: 19And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu two hundred and nine years, and fathered sons and daughters. 20And Reu lived two and thirty years, and fathered Serug: 21And Reu lived after he fathered Serug two hundred and seven years, and fathered sons and daughters. 22And Serug lived thirty years, and fathered Nahor: 23And Serug lived after he fathered Nahor two hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters. 24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and fathered Terah: 25And Nahor lived after he fathered Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and fathered sons and daughters. 26And Terah lived seventy years, and fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Terah’s Descendants27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. 28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29And 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. 30But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31And 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 to Haran, and dwelt there. ACTS 7:2 32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. The Trusted King James in an Easy Read Format® is a registered trademarks of Whitaker Corporation. KJVERTM, Word of GodTM, Red Letter OldTM, Old Testament Direct Words of God in RedTM, King James Version Sword BibleTM, and SwordKJVTM are trademarked slogans of Whitaker Corporation. |
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