The Message

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            <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">&#8220;</span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">God</span></span><span class="heading"> Turned Their Language into &#8216;Babble&#8217;&#8221;</span></div><div class="m"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1 v2" data-usfm="GEN.11.1+GEN.11.2"><span class="label">1-2</span><span class="content">At one time, the whole Earth spoke the same language. It so happened that as they moved out of the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled down.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1 v2" data-usfm="GEN.11.1+GEN.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They said to one another, &#8220;Come, let&#8217;s make bricks and fire them well.&#8221; They used brick for stone and tar for mortar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then they said, &#8220;Come, let&#8217;s build ourselves a city and a tower that reaches Heaven. Let&#8217;s make ourselves famous so we won&#8217;t be scattered here and there across the Earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> came down to look over the city and the tower those people had built.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9" data-usfm="GEN.11.6+GEN.11.7+GEN.11.8+GEN.11.9"><span class="label">6-9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> took one look and said, &#8220;One people, one language; why, this is only a first step. No telling what they&#8217;ll come up with next&#8212;they&#8217;ll stop at nothing! Come, we&#8217;ll go down and garble their speech so they won&#8217;t understand each other.&#8221; Then </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> scattered them from there all over the world. And they had to quit building the city. That&#8217;s how it came to be called Babel, because there </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> turned their language into &#8220;babble.&#8221; From there </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> scattered them all over the world.</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9" data-usfm="GEN.11.6+GEN.11.7+GEN.11.8+GEN.11.9"><span class="content">* * *</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9" data-usfm="GEN.11.6+GEN.11.7+GEN.11.8+GEN.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10 v11" data-usfm="GEN.11.10+GEN.11.11"><span class="label">10-11</span><span class="content">This is the story of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he had Arphaxad. It was two years after the flood. After he had Arphaxad, he lived 500 more years and had other sons and daughters.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10 v11" data-usfm="GEN.11.10+GEN.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12 v13" data-usfm="GEN.11.12+GEN.11.13"><span class="label">12-13</span><span class="content">When Arphaxad was thirty-five years old, he had Shelah. After Arphaxad had Shelah, he lived 403 more years and had other sons and daughters.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12 v13" data-usfm="GEN.11.12+GEN.11.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14 v15" data-usfm="GEN.11.14+GEN.11.15"><span class="label">14-15</span><span class="content">When Shelah was thirty years old, he had Eber. After Shelah had Eber, he lived 403 more years and had other sons and daughters.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14 v15" data-usfm="GEN.11.14+GEN.11.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16 v17" data-usfm="GEN.11.16+GEN.11.17"><span class="label">16-17</span><span class="content">When Eber was thirty-four years old, he had Peleg. After Eber had Peleg, he lived 430 more years and had other sons and daughters.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16 v17" data-usfm="GEN.11.16+GEN.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18 v19" data-usfm="GEN.11.18+GEN.11.19"><span class="label">18-19</span><span class="content">When Peleg was thirty years old, he had Reu. After he had Reu, he lived 209 more years and had other sons and daughters.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18 v19" data-usfm="GEN.11.18+GEN.11.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20 v21" data-usfm="GEN.11.20+GEN.11.21"><span class="label">20-21</span><span class="content">When Reu was thirty-two years old, he had Serug. After Reu had Serug, he lived 207 more years and had other sons and daughters.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20 v21" data-usfm="GEN.11.20+GEN.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22 v23" data-usfm="GEN.11.22+GEN.11.23"><span class="label">22-23</span><span class="content">When Serug was thirty years old, he had Nahor. After Serug had Nahor, he lived 200 more years and had other sons and daughters.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22 v23" data-usfm="GEN.11.22+GEN.11.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24 v25" data-usfm="GEN.11.24+GEN.11.25"><span class="label">24-25</span><span class="content">When Nahor was twenty-nine years old, he had Terah. After Nahor had Terah, he lived 119 more years and had other sons and daughters.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24 v25" data-usfm="GEN.11.24+GEN.11.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When Terah was seventy years old, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Family Tree of Terah</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27 v28" data-usfm="GEN.11.27+GEN.11.28"><span class="label">27-28</span><span class="content">This is the story of Terah. Terah had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27 v28" data-usfm="GEN.11.27+GEN.11.28"><span class="content">Haran had Lot. Haran died before his father, Terah, in the country of his family, Ur of the Chaldees.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27 v28" data-usfm="GEN.11.27+GEN.11.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Abram and Nahor each got married. Abram&#8217;s wife was Sarai; Nahor&#8217;s wife was Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran. Haran had two daughters, Milcah and Iscah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.11.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Sarai was barren; she had no children.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.11.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran&#8217;s son), and Sarai his daughter-in-law (his son Abram&#8217;s wife) and set out with them from Ur of the Chaldees for the land of Canaan. But when they got as far as Haran, they settled down there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.11.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Terah lived 205 years. He died in Haran.</span></span></div>
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GOD
At one time, the whole Earth spoke the same language. It so happened that as they moved out of the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled down.
They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks and fire them well.” They used brick for stone and tar for mortar.
Then they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower that reaches Heaven. Let’s make ourselves famous so we won’t be scattered here and there across the Earth.”
GOD came down to look over the city and the tower those people had built.
GOD took one look and said, “One people, one language; why, this is only a first step. No telling what they’ll come up with next—they’ll stop at nothing! Come, we’ll go down and garble their speech so they won’t understand each other.” Then GOD scattered them from there all over the world. And they had to quit building the city. That’s how it came to be called Babel, because there GOD turned their language into “babble.” From there GOD scattered them all over the world.
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This is the story of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he had Arphaxad. It was two years after the flood. After he had Arphaxad, he lived 500 more years and had other sons and daughters.
When Arphaxad was thirty-five years old, he had Shelah. After Arphaxad had Shelah, he lived 403 more years and had other sons and daughters.
When Shelah was thirty years old, he had Eber. After Shelah had Eber, he lived 403 more years and had other sons and daughters.
When Eber was thirty-four years old, he had Peleg. After Eber had Peleg, he lived 430 more years and had other sons and daughters.
When Peleg was thirty years old, he had Reu. After he had Reu, he lived 209 more years and had other sons and daughters.
When Reu was thirty-two years old, he had Serug. After Reu had Serug, he lived 207 more years and had other sons and daughters.
When Serug was thirty years old, he had Nahor. After Serug had Nahor, he lived 200 more years and had other sons and daughters.
When Nahor was twenty-nine years old, he had Terah. After Nahor had Terah, he lived 119 more years and had other sons and daughters.
When Terah was seventy years old, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

This is the story of Terah. Terah had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Haran had Lot. Haran died before his father, Terah, in the country of his family, Ur of the Chaldees.
Abram and Nahor each got married. Abram’s wife was Sarai; Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran. Haran had two daughters, Milcah and Iscah.
Sarai was barren; she had no children.
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran’s son), and Sarai his daughter-in-law (his son Abram’s wife) and set out with them from Ur of the Chaldees for the land of Canaan. But when they got as far as Haran, they settled down there.
Terah lived 205 years. He died in Haran.

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