F I R S T PA G E S

Genesis 11:311:25
They said to each other, Come, l ets make b
ricks and bake them thor
oughly. They used b
rick instead of s tone, and tar for mortar. Then they
said, Come, let us b
uild ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the
heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will
be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were
building. The Lord said, If as one people speaking the same language
they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impos
sible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse t heir language so they
will not understand each other.
So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they
stopped building the city. That is why it was c alled Babelc because there
the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord
scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
This is the account of Shems fami ly line.
Two y ears after the f lood, when Shem was 100 y ears old, he became
the father d of Arphaxad. And after he became the father of Arphaxad,
Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
When Arphaxad had lived 35 y ears, he became the father of Shelah.
And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad l ived 403 y ears and
had other sons and daughters.e
When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. And
after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other
sons and daughters.
When Eber had l ived 34 y ears, he became the father of Peleg. And after
he became the father of Peleg, Eber l ived 430 y ears and had other sons
and daughters.
When Peleg had lived 30 y ears, he became the father of Reu. And after
he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons
and daughters.
When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Ser ug. And after
he became the father of Ser ug, Reu l ived 207 years and had other sons
and daughters.
When Ser ug had l ived 30 y ears, he became the father of Nahor. And
after he became the father of Nahor, Ser ug lived 200 years and had other
sons and daughters.
When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. And
after he became the father of Terah, Nahor l ived 119 years and had other
sons and daughters.
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