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Book of Genesis, Chapter 11

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Chapter 11 of Genesis—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Now all the earth continued to be of one language[a] and of one set of words.[b]
  2. And it came about that in their journeying eastward they eventually discovered a valley plain in the land of Shiʹnar,1 and they took up dwelling there.
  3. And they began to say, each one to the other: “Come on! Let us make bricks and bake them with a burning process.” So brick served as stone for them, but bitumen served as mortar for them.2
  4. They now said: “Come on! Let us build ourselves a city and also a tower[c] with its top in the heavens,3 and let us make a celebrated name[d] for ourselves,4 for fear we may be scattered over all the surface of the earth.”5
  5. ¶ And Jehovah proceeded to go down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men had built.6
  6. After that Jehovah said: “Look! They are one people and there is one language for them all,7 and this is what they start to do. Why, now there is nothing that they may have in mind to do that will be unattainable for them.8
  7. Come now! Let us9 go down and there confuse10 their language that they may not listen to[e] one another’s language.”11
  8. Accordingly Jehovah scattered them from there over all the surface of the earth,12 and they gradually left off building the city.13
  9. That is why its name was called Baʹbel,[f]14 because there Jehovah had confused the language of all the earth,[g] and Jehovah had scattered15 them from there over all the surface of the earth.
  10. ¶ This is the history of Shem.16
    ¶ Shem was a hundred years old when he became father to Ar·pachʹshad17 two years after the deluge.
  11. And after his fathering Ar·pachʹshad Shem continued to live five hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.18
  12. ¶ And Ar·pachʹshad[h] lived thirty-five years. Then he became father to Sheʹlah.19
  13. And after his fathering Sheʹlah Ar·pachʹshad continued to live four hundred and three years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.
  14. ¶ And Sheʹlah lived thirty years. Then he became father to Eʹber.20
  15. And after his fathering Eʹber Sheʹlah continued to live four hundred and three years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.
  16. ¶ And Eʹber lived on for thirty-four years. Then he became father to Peʹleg.21
  17. And after his fathering Peʹleg Eʹber continued to live four hundred and thirty years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.
  18. ¶ And Peʹleg lived on for thirty years. Then he became father to Reʹu.22
  19. And after his fathering Reʹu Peʹleg continued to live two hundred and nine years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.
  20. ¶ And Reʹu lived on for thirty-two years. Then he became father to Seʹrug.23
  21. And after his fathering Seʹrug Reʹu continued to live two hundred and seven years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.
  22. ¶ And Seʹrug lived on for thirty years. Then he became father to Naʹhor.24
  23. And after his fathering Naʹhor Seʹrug continued to live two hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.
  24. ¶ And Naʹhor lived on for twenty-nine years. Then he became father to Teʹrah.25
  25. And after his fathering Teʹrah Naʹhor continued to live a hundred and nineteen years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.
  26. ¶ And Teʹrah lived on for seventy years, after which he became father to Aʹbram,26 Naʹhor27 and Haʹran.
  27. ¶ And this is the history of Teʹrah.
    ¶ Teʹrah became father to Aʹbram, Naʹhor and Haʹran; and Haʹran became father to Lot.28
  28. Later Haʹran died while in company with Teʹrah[i] his father in the land of his birth, in Ur29 of the Chal·deʹans.[j]30
  29. And Aʹbram and Naʹhor proceeded to take wives for themselves. The name of Aʹbram’s wife was Sarʹai,31 while the name of Naʹhor’s wife was Milʹcah,32 the daughter of Haʹran, the father of Milʹcah and father of Isʹcah.
  30. But Sarʹai continued to be barren;33 she had no child.
  31. ¶ After that Teʹrah took Aʹbram his son and Lot, the son of Haʹran, his grandson,34 and Sarʹai35 his daughter-in-law, the wife of Aʹbram his son, and they went with him[k] out of Ur of the Chal·deʹans to go to the land of Caʹnaan.36 In time they came to Haʹran37 and took up dwelling there.
  32. And the days of Teʹrah came to be two hundred and five years. Then Teʹrah died in Haʹran.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit., “of one lip,” MLXXVg.
  2. ^ Or, “of one vocabulary.”
  3. ^ “And also a tower.” Heb., u·migh·dalʹ; Gr., pyrʹgon; Lat., turʹrem.
  4. ^ Or, “make a monument.”
  5. ^ Or, “understand.”
  6. ^ “Babel.” Heb., Ba·velʹ. Moses derived “Babel” from the root verb ba·lalʹ, “to confuse; to confound,” so giving “Babel” the meaning “Confusion.” SyVg, “Babel”; Gr., Sygʹkhy·sis, “Confusion.” In Akkadian, Bab-ilu. Local citizens claimed that Bab meant “Gate” and ilu meant “God” (ʼEl in Heb.), thus “Gate of God.”
  7. ^ Or, “earth’s population.”
  8. ^ LXX vss 12 and 13 read: (12) “And Arpachshad lived a hundred and thirty-five years and became father to Cainan. (13) And after his producing Cainan Arpachshad lived four hundred and thirty years and became father to sons and daughters, and he died. And Cainan lived a hundred and thirty years and became father to Shelah. And after his producing Shelah Cainan lived three hundred and thirty years and became father to sons and daughters, and he died.” This source inserts the name Cainan between the names Shelah and Arpachshad. Compare Lu 3:36.
  9. ^ Or, “while Terah still lived.” Lit., “before the face of Terah.”
  10. ^ Or, “Ur of Chaldea.”
  11. ^ Lit., “they went out with them,” M; Sy, “he went out with them”; SamLXXVg, “he led them out.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ge 10:10; Da 1:2
  2. ^ Ex 1:14; 2:3
  3. ^ Am 9:2
  4. ^ Ps 49:11; Da 4:30; Jn 5:44
  5. ^ Ge 9:1; Lu 1:51
  6. ^ Ge 18:21; Ps 11:4; Heb 4:13
  7. ^ Ge 11:1
  8. ^ Ec 7:29; 1Co 1:19
  9. ^ Ge 1:26; Pr 8:30
  10. ^ Jb 5:12; Ps 33:10; 55:9
  11. ^ Ge 10:5
  12. ^ De 32:8; Lu 1:51
  13. ^ Jb 12:14; Ps 127:1
  14. ^ Je 50:1; 1Pe 5:13
  15. ^ Ps 68:30; Lu 1:51
  16. ^ Ge 6:10; 1Ch 1:4; Lu 3:36
  17. ^ Ge 10:22; 1Ch 1:17
  18. ^ Ge 10:21
  19. ^ Ge 10:24; 1Ch 1:18; Lu 3:35
  20. ^ Ge 10:21; 1Ch 1:18
  21. ^ Ge 10:25; 1Ch 1:19
  22. ^ 1Ch 1:25; Lu 3:35
  23. ^ Lu 3:35
  24. ^ 1Ch 1:26
  25. ^ Ge 11:32; Lu 3:34
  26. ^ Ge 12:7; 15:6; 17:5; 18:19; Jn 8:39; Ro 4:11; Ga 3:16; Heb 11:17; Jm 2:23
  27. ^ Jos 24:2
  28. ^ Ge 12:4; 19:1; 2Pe 2:7
  29. ^ Ge 15:7; Ne 9:7
  30. ^ 2Ki 24:2; Ac 7:4
  31. ^ Ge 12:11; 17:15; 20:12; 1Pe 3:6
  32. ^ Ge 22:20; 24:15
  33. ^ Ge 16:2; 18:11; Ro 4:19; Heb 11:11
  34. ^ Ge 11:27
  35. ^ Ge 12:5; 16:1
  36. ^ Ge 9:26; 10:19; 12:7; Nu 34:2; Ac 13:19
  37. ^ Ge 12:4; 27:43; Ac 7:2

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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