Verse 11
Genesis 11:11
World English Bible, British Edition
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Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad,
and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יְחִי שֵׁ֗ם אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣/וֹ אֶת אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֔ד חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַ/יּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּ/בָנֽוֹת
English Translation
And the name of him lived after he fathered Arpachshad five hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters.
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Chapter 11 Context
1
The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
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2
As they travelled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they
lived there.
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3
They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.”
They had brick for st...
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4
They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top
reaches to the sky, and let’s...
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5
The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children
of men built.
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6
The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language,
and this is what they b...
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7
Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may
not understand one another’s sp...
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8
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the
earth. They stopped building...
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9
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused
the language of all the earth....
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10
This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one
hundred years old when he became the fa...
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11
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad,
and became the father of mor...
12
Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of
Shelah.
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13
Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father
of Shelah, and became the f...
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14
Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
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15
Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father
of Eber, and became the father...
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16
Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
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17
Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father
of Peleg, and became the father...
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Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
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19
Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of
Reu, and became the father of m...
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20
Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
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21
Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of
Serug, and became the father of...
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22
Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
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23
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor,
and became the father of more son...
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24
Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
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25
Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father
of Terah, and became the fathe...
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26
Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor,
and Haran.
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Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became
the father of Abram, Nahor, and Ha...
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28
Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his
father Terah was still alive.
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Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai,
and the name of Nahor’s wife was...
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Sarai was barren. She had no child.
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Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and
Sarai his daughter-in-law, his so...
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The days of Terah were two hundred and five years. Terah died in Haran.
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