Genesis 11 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all. Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
2 And it came to pass as they moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Senaar, and they dwelt there. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
3 And a man said to his neighbour, Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire. And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was bitumen. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.
4 And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
6 And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do. And the LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
7 Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbour. Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.” Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
8 And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower. So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9 On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. And from there the LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth. That is why it was called Babel —because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
10 And these are the generations of Sem: and Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, the second year after the flood. These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. This is the account of Shem’s family line. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
11 And Sem lived, after he had begotten Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters. And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived a hundred and thirty-five years, and begot Cainan. When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah. When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
13 And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Cainan, four hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Cainan lived a hundred and thirty years and begot Sala; and Canaan lived after he had begotten Sala, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelah 403 years and had other sons and daughters. And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
14 And Sala lived an hundred and thirty years, and begot Heber. When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber. When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
15 And Sala lived after he had begotten Heber, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Shelah lived after he fathered Eber 403 years and had other sons and daughters. And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
16 And Heber lived an hundred and thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg. When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg. When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.
17 And Heber lived after he had begotten Phaleg two hundred and seventy years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Eber lived after he fathered Peleg 430 years and had other sons and daughters. And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
18 And Phaleg lived and hundred and thirty years, and begot Ragau. When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered Reu. When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu.
19 And Phaleg lived after he had begotten Ragau, two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu 209 years and had other sons and daughters. And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
20 And Ragau lived and hundred thirty and two years, and begot Seruch. When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug. When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.
21 And Raau lived after he had begotten Seruch, two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Reu lived after he fathered Serug 207 years and had other sons and daughters. And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
22 And Seruch lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot Nachor. When Serug had lived 30 years, he fathered Nahor. When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor.
23 And Seruch lived after he had begotten Nachor, two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Serug lived after he fathered Nahor 200 years and had other sons and daughters. And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
24 And Nachor lived a hundred and seventy-nine years, and begot Tharrha. When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah. When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.
25 And Nachor lived after he had begotten Tharrha, an hundred and twenty-five years, and begot sons and daughters, and he died. And Nahor lived after he fathered Terah 119 years and had other sons and daughters. And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
26 And Tharrha lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Arrhan. When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran. After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.
27 And these are the generations of Tharrha. Tharrha begot Abram and Nachor, and Arrhan; and Arrhan begot Lot. Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. This is the account of Terah’s family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
28 And Arrhan died in the presence of Tharrha his father, in the land in which he was born, in the country of the Chaldees. Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans. While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.
29 And Abram and Nachor took to themselves wives, the name of the wife of Abram was Sara, and the name of the wife of Nachor, Malcha, daughter of Arrhan, and he was the father of Malcha, the father of Jescha. And Abram and Nahor took 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 Iscah. Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah.
30 And Sara was barren, and did not bear children. Now Sarai was barren; she had no child. Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.
31 And Tharrha took Abram his son, and Lot the son Arrhan, the son of his son, and Sara his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and led them forth out of the land of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan, and they came as far as Charrhan, and he dwelt there. Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there. Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.
32 And all the days of Tharrha in the land of Charrhan were two hundred and five years, and Tharrha died in Charrhan. The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran. Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.
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