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Bereshis 11:7-15 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

7. Come, let Us go down, and there confuse their sefat, that they may not understand one another's language.

8. So Hashem scattered them abroad from there upon the face of kol Ha'Aretz; and they left off building the Ir.

9. Therefore is the shem of it called Babel; because Hashem did there confuse the language of kol Ha'Aretz; and from there did Hashem scatter them abroad upon the face of kol Ha'Aretz.

10. These are the toldot of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and fathered Arpachshad two years after the mabbul;

11. And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad five hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

12. And Arpachshad lived five and thirty shanah, and fathered Salah;

13. And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelach four hundred and three shanim, and fathered banim and banot.

14. And Shelach lived thirty shanah, and fathered Ever;

15. And Shelach lived after he fathered Ever four hundred and three shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

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