Genesis 11
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Genesis 11:2-9

2And it came to pass, as they journeyed eastH6924, that they foundH4672 a plainH1237 in the landH776 of ShinarH8152; and they dweltH3427 there. 3And they saidH559 oneH376 to another, Come, let us makeH3835 brickH3843, and burnH8313 them thoroughly. And they had brickH3843 for stoneH68, and slime had they for mortar. 4And they saidH559, Come, let us buildH1129 us a cityH5892, and a towerH4026, whose topH7218 may reach unto heavenH8064, and let us makeH6213 us a nameH8034; lestH6435 we be scatteredH6327 abroad upon the faceH6440 of the whole earthH776. 5And Jehovah cameH3381 downH3381 to seeH7200 the cityH5892 and the towerH4026, which the children of menH120 builded. 6And Jehovah saidH559, Behold, they are oneH259 peopleH5971, and they have all oneH259 languageH8193; and this is what they beginH2490 to do: and nowH6258 nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do. 7ComeH3381, let us goH3381 down, and there confound their languageH8193, that they may not understand oneH376 another’s speech. 8So Jehovah scatteredH6327 them abroad from thence upon the faceH6440 of all the earthH776: and they left off buildingH1129 the cityH5892. 9ThereforeH3651 was the nameH8034 of it calledH7121 Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the languageH8193 of all the earthH776: and from thence did Jehovah scatterH6327 them abroad upon the faceH6440 of all the earthH776.

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