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Genesis 11:5-7

5And theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068cameH3381downוַיֵּ֣רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381toseeלִרְאֹ֥תlir.'OtH7200thecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892and thetowerהַמִּגְדָּ֑לha.mig.DalH4026,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofmenהָאָדָֽם׃ha.'a.DamH120builded.

6And theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Beholdהֵ֣ןhenH2005, they are onepeopleעַ֤ם'amH5971, and they haveallH3605onelanguageוְשָׂפָ֤הve.sa.FahH8193; and this iswhatH834theybeginהַחִלָּ֣םha.chi.LamH2490todoלַעֲשׂ֑וֹתla.'a.SotH6213: andnowוְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH6258nothingלֹֽא־lo'-H3808will be withholden from them,whichH834theypurposeוְזֶ֖הve.ZehH2088todoלַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃La.'a.SotH6213.

7Goנֵֽרְדָ֔הne.re.DahH3381to,letH3381usהָ֚בָהHa.vahH3051goH3381downH3381, and there confound theirlanguageשְׂפָתָ֑םse.fa.TamH8193, that they maynotלֹ֣אlo'H3808understandיִשְׁמְע֔וּyish.me.'UH8085oneanother’sרֵעֵֽהוּ׃re.'E.huH7453speechשְׂפַ֥תse.FatH8193.

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