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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”.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Genesis 11 (KJVS)

[1] And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
[2] And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
[3] And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
[4] And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
[5] And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
[6] And 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.
[7] Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
[8] So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
[9] Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
[10] These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
[11] and Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
[12] And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
[13] and Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
[14] And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
[15] and Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
[16] And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
[17] and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
[18] And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
[19] and Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
[20] And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
[21] and Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
[22] And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
[23] and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
[24] And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
[25] and Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
[26] And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
[27] Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
[28] And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
[29] And 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.
[30] But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
[31] And 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 unto Haran, and dwelt there.
[32] And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

Genesis 11:1a Heb. lip
Genesis 11:1b Heb. words
Genesis 11:3a Heb. a man said to his neighbor
Genesis 11:3b Heb. burn them to a burning
Genesis 11:9 That is, Confusion
Genesis 11:16 Phalec
Genesis 11:20 Saruch
Genesis 11:24 Thara

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Genesis 11 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἦν () πᾶσα () ἡ () γῆ () χεῖλος () ἕν, () καὶ () φωνὴ () μία () πᾶσιν. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἐν () τῷ () κινῆσαι () αὐτοὺς () ἀπὸ () ἀνατολῶν () εὗρον () πεδίον ἐν () γῇ () Σεννααρ καὶ () κατῴκησαν () ἐκεῖ. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ἄνθρωπος () τῷ () πλησίον () Δεῦτε () πλινθεύσωμεν πλίνθους καὶ () ὀπτήσωμεν αὐτὰς () πυρί. () Καὶ () ἐγένετο () αὐτοῖς () ἡ () πλίνθος εἰς () λίθον, () καὶ () ἄσφαλτος ἦν () αὐτοῖς () ὁ () πηλός. ()
[4] Καὶ () εἶπαν () Δεῦτε () οἰκοδομήσωμεν () ἑαυτοῖς () πόλιν () καὶ () πύργον, () οὗ () ἡ () κεφαλὴ () ἔσται () ἕως () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ, () καὶ () ποιήσωμεν () ἑαυτοῖς () ὄνομα () πρὸ () τοῦ () διασπαρῆναι () ἐπὶ () προσώπου () πάσης () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[5] Καὶ () κατέβη () κύριος () ἰδεῖν () τὴν () πόλιν () καὶ () τὸν () πύργον, () ὃν () ᾠκοδόμησαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων. ()
[6] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () Ἰδοὺ () γένος () ἓν () καὶ () χεῖλος () ἓν () πάντων, () καὶ () τοῦτο () ἤρξαντο () ποιῆσαι, () καὶ () νῦν () οὐκ () ἐκλείψει () ἐξ () αὐτῶν () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἂν () ἐπιθῶνται ποιεῖν. ()
[7] Δεῦτε () καὶ () καταβάντες () συγχέωμεν () ἐκεῖ () αὐτῶν () τὴν () γλῶσσαν, () ἵνα () μὴ () ἀκούσωσιν () ἕκαστος () τὴν () φωνὴν () τοῦ () πλησίον. ()
[8] Καὶ () διέσπειρεν () αὐτοὺς () κύριος () ἐκεῖθεν () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () πάσης () τῆς () γῆς, () καὶ () ἐπαύσαντο () οἰκοδομοῦντες () τὴν () πόλιν () καὶ () τὸν () πύργον. ()
[9] Διὰ () τοῦτο () ἐκλήθη () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτῆς () Σύγχυσις, () ὅτι () ἐκεῖ () συνέχεεν () κύριος () τὰ () χείλη () πάσης () τῆς () γῆς, () καὶ () ἐκεῖθεν () διέσπειρεν () αὐτοὺς () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () πάσης () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[10] Καὶ () αὗται () αἱ () γενέσεις () Σημ· () Σημ () υἱὸς () ἑκατὸν () ἐτῶν, () ὅτε () ἐγέννησεν () τὸν () Αρφαξαδ, () δευτέρου () ἔτους () μετὰ () τὸν () κατακλυσμόν. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Σημ () μετὰ () τὸ () γεννῆσαι () αὐτὸν () τὸν () Αρφαξαδ () πεντακόσια () ἔτη () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () υἱοὺς () καὶ () θυγατέρας () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Αρφαξαδ () ἑκατὸν () τριάκοντα () πέντε () ἔτη () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () τὸν () Καιναν. ()
[13] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Αρφαξαδ () μετὰ () τὸ () γεννῆσαι () αὐτὸν () τὸν () Καιναν () ἔτη () τετρακόσια () τριάκοντα () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () υἱοὺς () καὶ () θυγατέρας () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. () Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Καιναν () ἑκατὸν () τριάκοντα () ἔτη () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () τὸν () Σαλα. () Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Καιναν () μετὰ () τὸ () γεννῆσαι () αὐτὸν () τὸν () Σαλα () ἔτη () τριακόσια () τριάκοντα () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () υἱοὺς () καὶ () θυγατέρας () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Σαλα () ἑκατὸν () τριάκοντα () ἔτη () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () τὸν () Εβερ. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Σαλα () μετὰ () τὸ () γεννῆσαι () αὐτὸν () τὸν () Εβερ () τριακόσια () τριάκοντα () ἔτη () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () υἱοὺς () καὶ () θυγατέρας () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Εβερ () ἑκατὸν () τριάκοντα () τέσσαρα () ἔτη () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () τὸν () Φαλεκ. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Εβερ () μετὰ () τὸ () γεννῆσαι () αὐτὸν () τὸν () Φαλεκ () ἔτη () τριακόσια () ἑβδομήκοντα () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () υἱοὺς () καὶ () θυγατέρας () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Φαλεκ () ἑκατὸν () τριάκοντα () ἔτη () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () τὸν () Ραγαυ. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Φαλεκ () μετὰ () τὸ () γεννῆσαι () αὐτὸν () τὸν () Ραγαυ () διακόσια () ἐννέα () ἔτη () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () υἱοὺς () καὶ () θυγατέρας () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Ραγαυ () ἑκατὸν () τριάκοντα () δύο () ἔτη () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () τὸν () Σερουχ. ()
[21] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Ραγαυ () μετὰ () τὸ () γεννῆσαι () αὐτὸν () τὸν () Σερουχ () διακόσια () ἑπτὰ () ἔτη () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () υἱοὺς () καὶ () θυγατέρας () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Σερουχ () ἑκατὸν () τριάκοντα () ἔτη () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () τὸν () Ναχωρ. ()
[23] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Σερουχ () μετὰ () τὸ () γεννῆσαι () αὐτὸν () τὸν () Ναχωρ () ἔτη () διακόσια () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () υἱοὺς () καὶ () θυγατέρας () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. ()
[24] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Ναχωρ () ἔτη () ἑβδομήκοντα () ἐννέα () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () τὸν () Θαρα. ()
[25] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Ναχωρ () μετὰ () τὸ () γεννῆσαι () αὐτὸν () τὸν () Θαρα () ἔτη () ἑκατὸν () εἴκοσι () ἐννέα () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () υἱοὺς () καὶ () θυγατέρας () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. ()
[26] Καὶ () ἔζησεν () Θαρα () ἑβδομήκοντα () ἔτη () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () τὸν () Αβραμ καὶ () τὸν () Ναχωρ () καὶ () τὸν () Αρραν.
[27] Αὗται () δὲ () αἱ () γενέσεις () Θαρα· () Θαρα () ἐγέννησεν () τὸν () Αβραμ καὶ () τὸν () Ναχωρ () καὶ () τὸν () Αρραν, καὶ () Αρραν ἐγέννησεν () τὸν () Λωτ. ()
[28] Καὶ () ἀπέθανεν () Αρραν ἐνώπιον () Θαρα () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ, () ᾗ () ἐγενήθη, () ἐν () τῇ () χώρᾳ () τῶν () Χαλδαίων. ()
[29] Καὶ () ἔλαβον () Αβραμ καὶ () Ναχωρ () ἑαυτοῖς () γυναῖκας· () ὄνομα () τῇ () γυναικὶ () Αβραμ Σαρα, καὶ () ὄνομα () τῇ () γυναικὶ () Ναχωρ () Μελχα θυγάτηρ () Αρραν, πατὴρ () Μελχα καὶ () πατὴρ () Ιεσχα.
[30] Καὶ () ἦν () Σαρα στεῖρα () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐτεκνοποίει.
[31] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Θαρα () τὸν () Αβραμ υἱὸν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὸν () Λωτ () υἱὸν () Αρραν υἱὸν () τοῦ () υἱοῦ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὴν () Σαραν τὴν () νύμφην () αὐτοῦ () γυναῖκα () Αβραμ τοῦ () υἱοῦ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐξήγαγεν () αὐτοὺς () ἐκ () τῆς () χώρας () τῶν () Χαλδαίων () πορευθῆναι () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν () Χανααν () καὶ () ἦλθεν () ἕως () Χαρραν () καὶ () κατῴκησεν () ἐκεῖ. ()
[32] Καὶ () ἐγένοντο () αἱ () ἡμέραι () Θαρα () ἐν () Χαρραν () διακόσια () πέντε () ἔτη, () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν () Θαρα () ἐν () Χαρραν. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.