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44 they haue begunne to doe this, neyther wil they leaue of from their determinations, til they accomplish them indede. Come ye therfore, ″let vs goe downe, and there confound their tongue, that none may heare is neighbours voice. And so our Lord dispersed them from that place into al lands, and they ceased to build the citie. And therfore the name therof was called Babel, ∷ because there the tongue of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence our Lord dispersed them vpon the face of al countries.

These are ∷ the generations of Sem: Sem was an hundred yeares old when he begat Arphaxad, two years after the floud. And Sem liued after he begat Arphaxad, fiue hundred yeares: and begat sonnes and daughters. Moreouer Arphaxad liued thirtie fiue yeares, and ″begat Sale. And Arphaxad liued after he begat Sale, three hundred three yeares: and begat sonnes and daughters. Sale also liued thirtie yeares, and begat Heber. And Sale liued after he begat Heber, foure hundred three yeares: and begat sonnes and daughters. And Heber liued thirtie foure yeares, and begat Phaleg. And Heber liued after he begat Phaleg, foure hundred thirtie yeares: and begat sonnes and daughters. Phaleg also liued thirtie yeares, and begat Reu. And Phaleg liued after he begat Reu, two hundred nine yeares, and begat sonnes and daughters. And Reu liued thirtie two yeares, and begat Sarug. Reu liued also after he begat Sarug, two hundred seauen yeares: and begat sonnes & daughters. And Sarug liued thirtie yeares, and begat Nachor. And Sarug liued after he begat Nachor, two hundred yeares: and begat sonnes and daughters. And Nachor liued nine and twentie yeares, and begat Thare. And Nachor liued after he begot Thare, an hundred and nintene yeares: and begat sonnes and daughters. And Thare liued seauentie yeares, and begat Abram and Nachor, and Aran. And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begat Abram, Nachor, & Aran. Moreouer Aran begat Lot. And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his natiuitie in ∷ Vr of the Chaldees. And Abram & Nachor maried wiues: the name of Abram his wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor his Wife, Melcha the daughter of Aran the father of Melcha, and the father of Iescha. And Sarai was barren, neither had she chil-