Verse 1
Genesis 11:1
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יְהִ֥י כָל הָ/אָ֖רֶץ שָׂפָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת וּ/דְבָרִ֖ים אֲחָדִֽים
English Translation
And it came to pass that all the earth was of one language and of one speech.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 11 Context
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And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.
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And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.
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And each one said to his neighbour: Come, let us make brick, and bake them of stones, and slime inst...
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And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us...
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And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.
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And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neit...
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Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there may not understand one another's speech.
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And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.
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And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was c...
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These are the generations of Sem: Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years old...
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And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
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And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Sale.
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And Arphaxad lived after he begot Sale, three hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
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Sale also lived thirty years, and begot Heber.
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And Sale lived after he begot Heber, four hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
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And Heber lived thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg.
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And Heber lived after he begot Phaleg, four hundred and thirty years: and begot sons and daughters.
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Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
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And Phaleg lived after he begot Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
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And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Sarug.
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And Reu lived after he begot Sarug, two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
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And Sarug lived thirty years, and begot Nachor.
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And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor, two hundred years: and begot sons and daughters.
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And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Thare.
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And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a hundred and nineteen years: and begot sons and daughters.
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And Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
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And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And Aran begot Lot.
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And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.
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And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor's wif...
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And Sarai was barren, and had no children.
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And Thare took Abram, his son, and Lot the son of Aran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law...
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And the days of Thare were tow hundred and five years, and he died in Haran.
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