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Genesis 11 (WEBP)

[1] The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
[2] As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
[3] They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
[4] They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
[5] Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
[6] Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
[7] Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
[8] So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
[9] Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
[10] This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
[11] Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
[12] Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.
[13] Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
[14] Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
[15] Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
[16] Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
[17] Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
[18] Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
[19] Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
[20] Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
[21] Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
[22] Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
[23] Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
[24] Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
[25] Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
[26] Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
[27] Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
[28] Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
[29] Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.
[30] Sarai was barren. She had no child.
[31] Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
[32] The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.

Genesis 11:2 LXX reads “from the east”.

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King James w/Strong’s #s

Genesis 11 (KJVS)

[1] And the whole earth H776 was of one H259 language H8193, and of one H259 speech H1697.
[2] And it came to pass, as they journeyed H5265 (8800) from the east H6924, that they found H4672 (8799) a plain H1237 in the land H776 of Shinar H8152; and they dwelt H3427 (8799) there.
[3] And they said H559 (8799) one H376 to another H7453, Go to H3051 (8798), let us make H3835 (8799) brick H3843, and burn H8313 (8799) them throughly H8316. And they had brick H3843 for stone H68, and slime H2564 had H1961 (8804) they for morter H2563.
[4] And they said H559 (8799), Go to H3051 (8798), let us build H1129 (8799) us a city H5892 and a tower H4026, whose top H7218 [may reach] unto heaven H8064; and let us make H6213 (8799) us a name H8034, lest we be scattered abroad H6327 (8799) upon the face H6440 of the whole earth H776.
[5] And the LORD H3068 came down H3381 (8799) to see H7200 (8800) the city H5892 and the tower H4026, which the children H1121 of men H120 builded H1129 (8804).
[6] And the LORD H3068 said H559 (8799), Behold, the people H5971 [is] one H259, and they have all one H259 language H8193; and this they begin H2490 (8687) to do H6213 (8800): and now nothing H3808 H3605 will be restrained H1219 (8735) from them, which they have imagined H2161 (8799) to do H6213 (8800).
[7] Go to H3051 (8798), let us go down H3381 (8799), and there confound H1101 (8799) their language H8193, that H834 they may not understand H8085 (8799) one H376 another’s H7453 speech H8193.
[8] So the LORD H3068 scattered them abroad H6327 (8686) from thence H8033 upon the face H6440 of all the earth H776: and they left off H2308 (8799) to build H1129 (8800) the city H5892.
[9] Therefore is the name of it H8034 called H7121 (8804) Babel H894; because the LORD H3068 did there confound H1101 (8804) the language H8193 of all the earth H776: and from thence did H6327 the LORD H3068 scatter them abroad H6327 (8689) upon the face H6440 of all the earth H776.
[10] These [are] the generations H8435 of Shem H8035: Shem H8035 [was] an hundred H3967 years H8141 old H1121, and begat H3205 (8686) Arphaxad H775 two years H8141 after H310 the flood H3999:
[11] And Shem H8035 lived H2421 (8799) after H310 he begat H3205 (8687) Arphaxad H775 five H2568 hundred H3967 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
[12] And Arphaxad H775 lived H2425 (8804) five H2568 and thirty H7970 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) Salah H7974:
[13] And Arphaxad H775 lived H2421 (8799) after H310 he begat H3205 (8687) Salah H7974 four H702 hundred H3967 H8141 and three H7969 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
[14] And Salah H7974 lived H2425 (8804) thirty H7970 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) Eber H5677:
[15] And Salah H7974 lived H2421 (8799) after H310 he begat H3205 (8687) Eber H5677 four H702 hundred H3967 H8141 and three H7969 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
[16] And Eber H5677 lived H2421 (8799) four H702 and thirty H7970 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) Peleg H6389:
[17] And Eber H5677 lived H2421 (8799) after H310 he begat H3205 (8687) Peleg H6389 four H702 hundred H3967 H8141 and thirty H7970 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
[18] And Peleg H6389 lived H2421 (8799) thirty H7970 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) Reu H7466:
[19] And Peleg H6389 lived H2421 (8799) after H310 he begat H3205 (8687) Reu H7466 two hundred H3967 H8141 and nine H8672 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
[20] And Reu H7466 lived H2421 (8799) two H8147 and thirty H7970 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) Serug H8286:
[21] And Reu H7466 lived H2421 (8799) after H310 he begat H3205 (8687) Serug H8286 two hundred H3967 H8141 and seven H7651 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
[22] And Serug H8286 lived H2421 (8799) thirty H7970 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) Nahor H5152:
[23] And Serug H8286 lived H2421 (8799) after H310 he begat H3205 (8687) Nahor H5152 two hundred H3967 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
[24] And Nahor H5152 lived H2421 (8799) nine H8672 and twenty H6242 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) Terah H8646:
[25] And Nahor H5152 lived H2421 (8799) after H310 he begat H3205 (8687) Terah H8646 an hundred H3967 H8141 and nineteen H6240 H8672 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
[26] And Terah H8646 lived H2421 (8799) seventy H7657 years H8141, and begat H3205 (8686) Abram H87, Nahor H5152, and Haran H2039.
[27] Now these [are] the generations H8435 of Terah H8646: Terah H8646 begat H3205 (8689) Abram H87, Nahor H5152, and Haran H2039; and Haran H2039 begat H3205 (8689) Lot H3876.
[28] And Haran H2039 died H4191 (8799) before H6440 his father H1 Terah H8646 in the land H776 of his nativity H4138, in Ur H218 of the Chaldees H3778.
[29] And Abram H87 and Nahor H5152 took H3947 (8799) 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.
[30] But Sarai H8297 was barren H6135; she [had] no child H2056.
[31] And Terah H8646 took H3947 (8799) 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 (8799) with them from Ur H218 of the Chaldees H3778, to go H3212 (8800) into the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and they came H935 (8799) unto Haran H2771, and dwelt H3427 (8799) there.
[32] And the days H3117 of Terah H8646 were two hundred H3967 H8141 and five H2568 years H8141: and Terah H8646 died H4191 (8799) in Haran H2771.

Young’s Literal Translation

Genesis 11 (YLT)

[1] And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,
[2] and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
[3] and they say each one to his neighbour, ‘Give help, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly:’ and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.
[4] And they say, ‘Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.’
[5] And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
[6] and Jehovah saith, ‘Lo, the people is one, and one pronunciation is to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.
[7] Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.’
[8] And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;
[9] therefore hath one called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.
[10] These are births of Shem: Shem is a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.
[11] And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
[12] And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.
[13] And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
[14] And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber.
[15] And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
[16] And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.
[17] And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
[18] And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu.
[19] And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
[20] And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug.
[21] And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
[22] And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor.
[23] And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
[24] And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.
[25] And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
[26] And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
[27] And these are births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;
[28] and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
[29] And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram’s wife is Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife is Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
[30] And Sarai is barren-she hath no child.
[31] And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.
[32] And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.