Genesis 11

1 One language in the world.

2 The building of Babel.

5 It is interrupted by the confusion of tongues, and the builders dispersed.

10 The generations of Shem.

27 The generations of Terah, the father of Abram.

31 Terah, with Abram and Lot, remove from Ur to Haran.

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<0259> [A.M. 1757. B.C. 2247. was.]

language <08193> [language. Heb. lip. speech. Heb. words.]

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people moved eastward <06924> [from the east. or, eastward.]

Shinar <08152> [Shinar.]

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said ... one another <0376 07453 0559> [they said one to another. Heb. a man said to his neighbour.]

Go to.

[not as.]

bake <08313> [burn throughly. Heb. burn to a burning. brick.]

tar <02564> [slime.]

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top <07218> [whose.]

make <06213> [and let.]

scattered <06327> [lest.]

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people <05971> [Behold.]

people <05971> [the people.]

sharing <02161> [imagined.]

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Come <03051> [Go to.]

The Hebrew word signifies, "Come," or, "make preparation," as for a journey or the execution of a purpose.

go down <03381> [let.]

confuse <01101> [confound.]

understand <08085> [may.]

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Lord <03068> [Lord.]

face <06440> [upon.]

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Babel <0894> [Babel. that is, Confusion.]

The tower of Babel, Herodotus informs us, was a furlong or 660 feet, in length and breadth; and, according to Strabo, it rose to the same altitude. It was of a pyramidical form, consisting of eight square towers, gradually decreasing in breadth, with a winding ascent on the outside, so very broad as to allow horses and carriages to pass each other, and even to turn. This magnificent structure is so completely destroyed that its very site is doubtful; and when supposed to be discovered, in all cases exhibiting a heap of rubbish.

face <06440> [the face.]

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[A.M. 1658. B.C. 2346.]

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Shem <08035> [A.M. 2158. B.C. 1846. Shem.]

father .......... other sons <01121 03205> [begat sons.]

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father <03205> [A.M. 1693. B.C. 2311. begat.]

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[A.M. 2096. B.C. 1908.]

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[A.M. 1723. B.C. 2281.]

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[A.M. 2126. B.C. 1878.]

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Eber <05677> [A.M. 1757. B.C. 2247. Eber.]

Peleg <06389> [Peleg.]

[Phalec.]

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[A.M. 2187. B.C. 1817.]

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Reu <07466> [A.M. 1787. B.C. 2217. Reu.]

[Ragau.]

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[A.M. 1996. B.C. 2008.]

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Serug <08286> [A.M. 1819. B.C. 2185. Serug.]

[Saruch.]

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[A.M. 2026. B.C. 1978.]

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Nahor <05152> [A.M. 1849. B.C. 2155. Nahor.]

[Nachor.]

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[A.M. 2049. B.C. 1955.]

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Terah <08646> [A.M. 1878. B.C. 2126. Terah.]

[Thara.]

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[A.M. 1997. B.C. 2007.]

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Abram <087> [A.M. 1948. B.C. 2056. Abram.]

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Lot <03876> [A.M. 2008. B.C. 1996. Lot.]

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Ur <0218> [Ur.]

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Sarai <08297> [Sarai.]

Milcah ............ Milcah <04435> [Milcah.]

Iscah <03252> [Iscah.]

Iscah is called the daughter-in-law of Terah, (ver. 31,) as being Abram's wife; yet Abram afterwards said, "she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother." (ch. 20:12.) Probably Haran was the eldest son of Terah, and Abram his youngest by another wife; and thus Sarai was the daughter, or grand-daughter of Terah, Abram's father, but not of his mother.

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barren <06135> [barren.]

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took <03947> [A.M. 2078. B.C. 1926. took.]

set out <03318> [they went.]

Ur <0218> [Ur.]

Ur was probably the place called Ouri, in Mesopotamia, two days' journey from Nisibis, in the way to the river Tigris.

<0776> [the land.]

Haran ............................. Haran <02039 02771> [B.C. cir. 1923. A.M. cir. 2081. Haran.]

[Charran.]

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[A.M. 2083. B.C. 1921.]