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CHAPTER ELEVEN
11:1 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: “Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen they had for mortar. 4 And they said: “Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” 5 And YHVH came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. 6 And YHVH said: “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withheld from them, which they purpose to do. 7 Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So YHVH scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth; and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because YHVH did there confound the language of all the earth; and from there did YHVH scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. {p} Gen 11:1-9 chiasm, Gen 10:1-11:9 the nations and the rebellion against God chiasm
11:10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived after he begot Arpachshad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. {s} Gen 11:10-11 chiasm
11:12 And Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and begot Shelah. 13 And Arpachshad lived after he begot Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters. {s} Gen 11:12-13 chiasm
11:14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber. 15 And Shelah lived after he begot Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters. {s} Gen 11:14-15 chiasm
11:16 And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg. 17 And Eber lived after he begot Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters. {s} Gen 11:16-17 chiasm
11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu. 19 And Peleg lived after he begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters. {s} Gen 11:18-19 chiasm
11:20 And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug. 21 And Reu lived after he begot Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters. {s} Gen 11:20-21 chiasm
11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor. 23 And Serug lived after he begot Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. {s} Gen 11:22-23 chiasm
11:24 And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah. 25 And Nahor lived after he begot Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters. {s} Gen 11:24-25 chiasm
11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot. 28 And Haran died in the presence of 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 And 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. {p} Gen 11:26-32 chiasm, Gen 11:10-32 strong theme chiasm
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