# Genesis 11 ## Genesis 11:1 - [KJV] And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. - [ASV] And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. - [YLT] And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, ### Notes on Genesis 11:1 - ## Genesis 11:2 - [KJV] And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. - [ASV] And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. - [YLT] and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there; ### Notes on Genesis 11:2 - ## Genesis 11:3 - [KJV] And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. - [ASV] And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. - [YLT] and they say each one to his neighbour, 'Give help, let us make bricks, and burn *them* thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar. ### Notes on Genesis 11:3 - ## Genesis 11:4 - [KJV] And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top *may reach* unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. - [ASV] And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top *may reach* unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. - [YLT] And they say, 'Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.' ### Notes on Genesis 11:4 - ## Genesis 11:5 - [KJV] And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. - [ASV] And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. - [YLT] And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded; ### Notes on Genesis 11:5 - ## Genesis 11:6 - [KJV] And the LORD said, Behold, the people *is* one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. - [ASV] And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do. - [YLT] and Jehovah saith, 'Lo, the people *is* one, and one pronunciation *is* to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do. ### Notes on Genesis 11:6 - ## Genesis 11:7 - [KJV] Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. - [ASV] Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. - [YLT] Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.' ### Notes on Genesis 11:7 - ## Genesis 11:8 - [KJV] So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. - [ASV] So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city. - [YLT] And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city; ### Notes on Genesis 11:8 - ## Genesis 11:9 - [KJV] Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. - [ASV] Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. - [YLT] therefore hath *one* called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth. ### Notes on Genesis 11:9 - ## Genesis 11:10 - [KJV] These *are* the generations of Shem: Shem *was* an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: - [ASV] These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood. - [YLT] These *are* births of Shem: Shem *is* a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge. ### Notes on Genesis 11:10 - ## Genesis 11:11 - [KJV] And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. - [ASV] and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. - [YLT] And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ### Notes on Genesis 11:11 - ## Genesis 11:12 - [KJV] And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: - [ASV] And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah. - [YLT] And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah. ### Notes on Genesis 11:12 - ## Genesis 11:13 - [KJV] And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. - [ASV] and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. - [YLT] And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ### Notes on Genesis 11:13 - ## Genesis 11:14 - [KJV] And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: - [ASV] And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: - [YLT] And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber. ### Notes on Genesis 11:14 - ## Genesis 11:15 - [KJV] And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. - [ASV] and Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. - [YLT] And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ### Notes on Genesis 11:15 - ## Genesis 11:16 - [KJV] And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: - [ASV] And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: - [YLT] And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg. ### Notes on Genesis 11:16 - ## Genesis 11:17 - [KJV] And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. - [ASV] and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. - [YLT] And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ### Notes on Genesis 11:17 - ## Genesis 11:18 - [KJV] And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: - [ASV] And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: - [YLT] And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu. ### Notes on Genesis 11:18 - ## Genesis 11:19 - [KJV] And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. - [ASV] and Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. - [YLT] And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ### Notes on Genesis 11:19 - ## Genesis 11:20 - [KJV] And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: - [ASV] And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: - [YLT] And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug. ### Notes on Genesis 11:20 - ## Genesis 11:21 - [KJV] And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. - [ASV] and Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. - [YLT] And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ### Notes on Genesis 11:21 - ## Genesis 11:22 - [KJV] And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: - [ASV] And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: - [YLT] And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor. ### Notes on Genesis 11:22 - ## Genesis 11:23 - [KJV] And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. - [ASV] and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. - [YLT] And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ### Notes on Genesis 11:23 - ## Genesis 11:24 - [KJV] And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: - [ASV] And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: - [YLT] And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah. ### Notes on Genesis 11:24 - ## Genesis 11:25 - [KJV] And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. - [ASV] and Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. - [YLT] And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ### Notes on Genesis 11:25 - ## Genesis 11:26 - [KJV] And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. - [ASV] And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. - [YLT] And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran. ### Notes on Genesis 11:26 - ## Genesis 11:27 - [KJV] Now these *are* the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. - [ASV] Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begat Lot. - [YLT] And these *are* births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot; ### Notes on Genesis 11:27 - ## Genesis 11:28 - [KJV] And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. - [ASV] And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. - [YLT] and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. ### Notes on Genesis 11:28 - ## Genesis 11:29 - [KJV] And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife *was* Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. - [ASV] And Abram and Nahor took them wives: The name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. - [YLT] And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife *is* Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife *is* Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah. ### Notes on Genesis 11:29 - ## Genesis 11:30 - [KJV] But Sarai was barren; she *had* no child. - [ASV] And Sarai was barren; She had no child. - [YLT] And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child. ### Notes on Genesis 11:30 - ## Genesis 11:31 - [KJV] And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. - [ASV] And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. - [YLT] And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there. ### Notes on Genesis 11:31 - ## Genesis 11:32 - [KJV] And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. - [ASV] And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. - [YLT] And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan. ### Notes on Genesis 11:32 -