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Genesis 11
Two movements in one chapter. First, Babel: one language, one plain in Shinar, and a city with a tower built to 'make a name' and resist scattering — which the LORD answers by confusing speech and dispersing them anyway (vv.1-9). Then the lens narrows: Shem's line traced down through Eber and Peleg to Terah, and finally to Abram, Sarai's barrenness, and the family's move from Ur toward Canaan, halting at Haran.
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The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
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As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
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They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
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They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
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The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
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The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
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Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
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So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
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Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
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This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
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Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
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Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.
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Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
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Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
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Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
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Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
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Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
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Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
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Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
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Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
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Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
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Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
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Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
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Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
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Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
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Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
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Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
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Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.
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Sarai was barren. She had no child.
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Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
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The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
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Toda a terra tinha uma só língua e uma só fala.
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Ao viajarem para o oriente, encontraram uma planície na terra de Sinar, e ali habitaram.
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Disseram uns aos outros: “Venham, vamos fazer tijolos e queimá-los bem.” Eles tinham tijolos em vez de pedras, e usavam piche como argamassa.
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Disseram: “Venham, vamos construir para nós uma cidade e uma torre cujo topo chegue até o céu, e vamos fazer um nome para nós, para que não sejamos espalhados sobre a face de toda a terra.”
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O SENHOR desceu para ver a cidade e a torre que os filhos dos homens construíam.
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O SENHOR disse: “Eis que eles são um só povo, e todos têm uma só língua; e isso é o que começam a fazer. Agora, nada do que pretendem fazer lhes será impedido.
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Venham, vamos descer e confundir ali a língua deles, para que não entendam a fala uns dos outros.”
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Assim, o SENHOR os espalhou dali sobre a face de toda a terra. E eles pararam de construir a cidade.
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Por isso, o seu nome foi chamado Babel, porque ali o SENHOR confundiu a língua de toda a terra. Dali, o SENHOR os espalhou sobre a face de toda a terra.
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Esta é a história das gerações de Sem: Sem tinha cem anos de idade quando gerou a Arfaxade, dois anos depois do dilúvio.
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Sem viveu quinhentos anos depois que gerou a Arfaxade, e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
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Arfaxade viveu trinta e cinco anos, e gerou a Selá.
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Arfaxade viveu quatrocentos e três anos depois que gerou a Selá, e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
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Selá viveu trinta anos, e gerou a Héber.
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Selá viveu quatrocentos e três anos depois que gerou a Héber, e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
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Héber viveu trinta e quatro anos, e gerou a Pelegue.
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Héber viveu quatrocentos e trinta anos depois que gerou a Pelegue, e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
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Pelegue viveu trinta anos, e gerou a Reú.
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Pelegue viveu duzentos e nove anos depois que gerou a Reú, e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
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Reú viveu trinta e dois anos, e gerou a Serugue.
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Reú viveu duzentos e sete anos depois que gerou a Serugue, e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
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Serugue viveu trinta anos, e gerou a Naor.
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Serugue viveu duzentos anos depois que gerou a Naor, e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
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Naor viveu vinte e nove anos, e gerou a Terá.
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Naor viveu cento e dezenove anos depois que gerou a Terá, e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
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Terá viveu setenta anos, e gerou a Abrão, a Naor e a Harã.
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Ora, esta é a história das gerações de Terá. Terá gerou a Abrão, a Naor e a Harã. Harã gerou a Ló.
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Harã morreu na terra do seu nascimento, em Ur dos Caldeus, enquanto seu pai Terá ainda estava vivo.
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Abrão e Naor tomaram esposas para si. O nome da esposa de Abrão era Sarai, e o nome da esposa de Naor era Milca, filha de Harã, que também foi o pai de Isca.
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Sarai era estéril. Ela não tinha filhos.
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Terá tomou seu filho Abrão, seu neto Ló, filho de Harã, e sua nora Sarai, esposa de seu filho Abrão. Eles saíram de Ur dos Caldeus para ir à terra de Canaã. Chegaram a Harã e habitaram ali.
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Os dias de Terá foram duzentos e cinco anos. Terá morreu em Harã.
From scattered nations to one family
Babel inverts human ambition: the builders fear being 'scattered abroad' (v.4) and bring it on themselves; the name they sought becomes 'Babel,' tied to God confounding their language (v.9).
The genealogy then funnels the whole scattered world down to a single household — and ends on Sarai's barrenness (v.30), the obstacle that makes everything God promises Abram next look impossible.
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