Gn 11

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και_and ην_{he/she/it-was} πασα_{each, every (nom|voc)} η_{the (nom)} γη_{earth/land (nom|voc)} χειλος_{lip (nom|acc|voc)} εν_{one (nom|acc)} και_and φωνη_{sound/voice (nom|voc)} μια_{one (nom)} πασιν_{all (dat)}

Gn 11:1

And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all.

Gn 11:1

¶~~The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.~~and the whole earth was one lip* and one sound/ voice by all

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^a χειλοσ: Abraham's offspring would be as numerous as the sand of the xeilos.. translated shore because, properly, the lip of the sea is a shore. Although language is addressed later, it is specified as γλοσσα therein, and exactly one sentance before this appearance of χειλοσ, God had divided the nations by tribes and γλοσσα and called them "islands"... The value of the implication that the lip had become one, points more directly to the divisions of territories as referred to by God as islands, a subtlety lost by mistranslating lip as if it means language, which it does not....For the reader,to have just become aware that God divided the nations into islands, and then to turn the page and see the people were of one shore/lip is more directly exposing the offense of these nations that is actually being laid out in this passage: the people had unraveled God's order.. the borders of these nations or islands were their separate shorelines, now they were all of ONE shore. If men were of one lip, they had erased their border distinctions of being separate islands. It is also clear that their sound/ voice were no longer different, may or may not be the same as having one language but the word phone is used here not the word γλοσσα. Certainly we do well to understand what is written:the people were of one shore, they were no longer divided as the islands God had established, according to His will and design, just one sentance prior.

^b cross refernce to use of χειλος in Gen 22:17

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και_and εγενετο_{he/she/it-was-BECOME-ed} εν_in/with/by τω(ι)_{the (dat)} κινησαι_{to-SET-IN-MOTION, be-you(sg)-SET-ed-IN-MOTION!, he/she/it-happens-to-SET-IN-MOTION (opt)} αυτους_{them/same (acc)} απο_from ανατολων_{eastern places (gen)} ευρον_{do-FIND-you(sg)!, I-FIND-ed, they-FIND-ed, upon FIND-ing (nom|acc|voc, voc)} πεδιον_{field (nom|acc|voc)} εν_in/with/by γη(ι)_{earth/land (dat)} Σεννααρ και_and κατω(ι)κησαν_{they-RESIDE/SETTLE-DOWN-ed} εκει_there

Gn 11:2

And it came to pass as they moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Senaar, and they dwelt there.

Gn 11:2

~~It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.~~And it happened as they set in motion from the eastern places that they found a plain in the land of Sennaar and they settled down there.

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και_and ειπεν_{he/she/it-SAY-ed} ανθρωπος_{person (nom)} τω(ι)_{the (dat)} πλησιον_{neighbor; near (acc, nom|acc|voc)} δευτε_come πλινθευσωμεν πλινθους και_and οπτησωμεν αυτας_{them/same (acc)} πυρι_{fire (dat)} και_and εγενετο_{he/she/it-was-BECOME-ed} αυτοις_{them/same (dat)} η_{the (nom)} πλινθος εις_{into +acc} λιθον_{stone (acc)} και_and ασφαλτος ην_{he/she/it-was} αυτοις_{them/same (dat)} ο_{the (nom)} πηλος_{clay (nom)}

Gn 11:3

And a man said to his neighbour, Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire. And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was bitumen.

Gn 11:3

~~They said one to another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.~~and man said to the next (neighbor) "come, let us make bricks and burn them by fire and the brick became stone to them and asphalt was the clay for them

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και_and ειπαν_{they-SAY-ed, upon SAY-ing (nom|acc|voc)} δευτε_come οικοδομησωμεν_{we-should-BUILD-UP} εαυτοις_{selves (dat)} πολιν_{city (acc)} και_and πυργον_{tower (acc)} ου_{where; who/whom/which (gen)} η_{the (nom)} κεφαλη_{head (nom|voc)} εσται_{he/she/it-will-be} εως_{until; dawn (nom|voc), dawns (acc)} του_{the (gen)} ουρανου_{sky/heaven (gen)} και_and ποιησωμεν_{we-should-DO/MAKE} εαυτοις_{selves (dat)} ονομα_{name (nom|acc|voc)} προ_{before (+gen)} του_{the (gen)} διασπαρηναι_{to-be-DISPERSE-ed} επι_{upon/over (+acc,+gen,+dat)} προσωπου_{face (gen)} πασης_{each, every (gen)} της_{the (gen)} γης_{earth/land (gen)}

Gn 11:4

And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Gn 11:4

They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”and they said "come, we should build to oursleves a city and tower of which the head will be until the heaven and we should make to ourselves a name before being scattered upon the face of the earth"

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και_and κατεβη_{he/she/it-DESCEND-ed} κυριος_{lord (nom); authoritative (nom)} ιδειν_{to-SEE/BEHOLD} την_{the (acc)} πολιν_{city (acc)} και_and τον_{the (acc)} πυργον_{tower (acc)} ον_{who/whom/which (acc); while being (nom|acc|voc, voc)} ω(ι)κοδομησαν_{they-BUILD-UP-ed} οι_{the (nom)} υιοι_{sons (nom|voc)} των_{the (gen)} ανθρωπων_{persons (gen)}

Gn 11:5

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.

Gn 11:5

~~¶Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.~~and The Lord descended to behold the city and the tower which the sons of men built up.

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και_and ειπεν_{he/she/it-SAY-ed} κυριος_{lord (nom); authoritative (nom)} ιδου_{be-you(sg)-SEE/BEHOLD-ed!} γενος_{race (nom|acc|voc)} εν_{one (nom|acc)} και_and χειλος_{lip (nom|acc|voc)} εν_{one (nom|acc)} παντων_{all (gen)} και_and τουτο_{this (nom|acc)} ηρξαντο_{they-were-BEGIN/RULE-ed} ποιησαι_{to-DO/MAKE, be-you(sg)-DO/MAKE-ed!, he/she/it-happens-to-DO/MAKE (opt)} και_and νυν_now ουκ_not εκλειψει_{he/she/it-will-FAIL, you(sg)-will-be-FAIL-ed (classical)} εξ_{from-out-of (+gen)} αυτων_{them/same (gen)} παντα_{all (nom|acc|voc), each, every (acc)} οσα_{as much/many as (nom|acc)} αν_ever επιθωνται_{they-should-be-PLACE-UPON-ed} ποιειν_{to-be-DO/MAKE-ing}

Gn 11:6

And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do.

Gn 11:6

~~Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.~~and The Lord said "Behold one race and one lip of all and this they ruled to do (make). And now all as much as they should undertake to do will not fail out of them.

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δευτε_come και_and καταβαντες_{upon DESCEND-ing (nom|voc)} συγχεωμεν_{we-should-be-CONFUSE/CONFOUND-ing, we-should-CONFUSE/CONFOUND} εκει_there αυτων_{them/same (gen)} την_{the (acc)} γλωσσαν_{tongue (acc)} ινα_{in-order-that} μη_not ακουσωσιν_{they-should-HEAR} εκαστος_{each-separately (nom)} την_{the (acc)} φωνην_{sound/voice (acc)} του_{the (gen)} πλησιον_{neighbor; near (acc, nom|acc|voc)}

Gn 11:7

Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbour.

Gn 11:7

Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, ~~that they may not understand one another’s speech.”~~in order that each should not hearª the sound/ voice of the neighbor".

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^a άκούσωσιν is used frequently to refer to the understanding that comes from being told something. Ex Matt 5:21 "You have heard that it was said of them of old" refers specifically to the understadning that comes from hearing another person's account (vs something someone has figured out or been given by spiritual insight see Deut 4:6/ Luke 24:45 σύνειμι)

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και_and διεσπειρεν_{he/she/it-was-DISPERSE-ing, he/she/it-DISPERSE-ed} αυτους_{them/same (acc)} κυριος_{lord (nom); authoritative (nom)} εκειθεν_{from there} επι_{upon/over (+acc,+gen,+dat)} προσωπον_{face (nom|acc|voc)} πασης_{each, every (gen)} της_{the (gen)} γης_{earth/land (gen)} και_and επαυσαντο_{they-were-CEASE-ed} οικοδομουντες_{while BUILD-UP-ing (nom|voc)} την_{the (acc)} πολιν_{city (acc)} και_and τον_{the (acc)} πυργον_{tower (acc)}

Gn 11:8

And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower.

Gn 11:8

~~So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.~~and The Lord scattered them from there upon the face of the all the earth and they were stopped while building the city and the tower.

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δια_{because of (+acc), through (+gen)} τουτο_{this (nom|acc)} εκληθη_{he/she/it-was-CALL-ed} το_{the (nom|acc)} ονομα_{name (nom|acc|voc)} αυτης_{her/it/same (gen)} Συγχυσις_{confusion (nom)} οτι_because/that εκει_there συνεχεεν_{he/she/it-was-CONFUSE/CONFOUND-ing, he/she/it-CONFUSE/CONFOUND-ed} κυριος_{lord (nom); authoritative (nom)} τα_{the (nom|acc)} χειλη_{lips (nom|acc|voc)} πασης_{each, every (gen)} της_{the (gen)} γης_{earth/land (gen)} και_and εκειθεν_{from there} διεσπειρεν_{he/she/it-was-DISPERSE-ing, he/she/it-DISPERSE-ed} αυτους_{them/same (acc)} κυριος_{lord (nom); authoritative (nom)} ο_{the (nom)} θεος_{god (nom)} επι_{upon/over (+acc,+gen,+dat)} προσωπον_{face (nom|acc|voc)} πασης_{each, every (gen)} της_{the (gen)} γης_{earth/land (gen)}

Gn 11:9

On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.

Gn 11:9

Therefore its name was called ~~Babel~~Confusion (Babel), because there ~~Yahweh~~The Lord confused the ~~language~~lips of all the earth. From there, ~~Yahweh~~The Lord God scattered them abroad ~~on the surface~~upon the face of of all the earth.

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και_and αυται_{these (nom)} αι_{the (nom)} γενεσεις_{γενεταιs (acc, nom|voc)} Σημ_{Shem (indecl)} Σημ_{Shem (indecl)} υιος_{son (nom)} εκατον_hundred ετων_{years (gen)} οτε_when εγεννησεν_{he/she/it-BEGET/BIRTH-ed} τον_{the (acc)} Αρφαξαδ_{Arphaxad (indecl)} δευτερου_{second (gen)} ετους_{year (gen)} μετα_{after/against(+acc), with(+gen)} τον_{the (acc)} κατακλυσμον_{deluge/flood (acc)}

Gn 11:10

And these are the generations of Sem: and Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, the second year after the flood.

Gn 11:10

¶This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.

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a	b	g	d	e	z	h	q	i	k	l	m
α	β	γ	δ	ε	ζ	η	θ	ι	κ	λ	μ
n	x	o	p	r	s	t	u	f	c	y	w
ν	ξ	ο	π	ρ	σ	τ	υ	φ	χ	ψ	ω
)	(	/	\	=	\|	+	'	v	@	#	*
᾿	῾	´	`	῀	ͺ	¨	’	ϝ	ϛ	ʹ	%