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In the Head 11

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A Single Boundary, United Narrative
And he is becoming, the whole of the Earth is of one boundary, and united words.
And he is becoming in their pulling out from the front, for they are discovering a rift/split in the Earth of Two Rivers ("Shinar") and are sitting there.
שרפה seraphah, Burning One
And they are saying, each man to the neighbor of Himself, "Come! We are white-washing bricks, and we are burning to the Seraphah!" And she is becoming for themselves the Whitened Brick for the stone. And the Bubbling Tar, he has become for themselves the Cement.
White Washed Tomb

And they are saying, "Come! We are building for ourselves a city and tower, and the head of himself is within the Dual Heavenly Ones, and we are making a name for ourselves so that we are not being scattered in pieces upon the faces of all of the Earth."
And He Is is climbing down to see the self eternal City and the Tower whom the Sons of the Man have built.
One Father, One Mother
And He is is saying, "Behold! A people of one, and a boundary of one for the whole of themselves! And this one is the Dream to make; and
now
, he is not restraining from themselves anything of which they are intending to make!
Come! And we are climbing down, and we are overflowing the boundary/lip of themselves there, of which they are not hearing each man the boundary/lip of the friend of himself!"
And He Is is scattering in pieces their eternal selves from there over the faces of all of the Earth, and they are quitting the building of the City.
Fallen, Fallen!
Upon an upright one he has summoned the name of herself, Babel, because there He Is overflowed the boundary of all of the Earth, and from there He Is scattered themselves in pieces over the faces of all of the Earth.
Mighty One of generations of a Name Name, a son of a hundred of a duplication, and he is fathering self eternal Boundary of Magicians ("ארפכשד"), dual duplications behind the Flood.
And Name is living behind the fathering of himself, self eternal Boundary of Magicians ("Arphaxad") five hundred of a duplication and he is fathering sons and daughters.
And Boundary of Magicians ("Arphaxad") is a living one, five and thirty of a duplication, and he is fathering self eternal Sent One ("Shelach").
Fathered/Begotten from the Front
And Boundary of Magicians is living behind the fathering of himself, self eternal Sent One, three duplications and four hundred of a duplication, and he is fathering sons and daughters.
And Sent One is a living one of thirty of a duplication and he is fathering self eternal Beyond One ("Eber").
And Sent One is living behind the fathering of himself, Beyond One, three duplications and four hundred of a duplication and he is fathering sons and daughters.
And Beyond is living four and thirty of a duplication, and he is fathering self eternal Split Cleft ("Peleg").
And Beyond One is living behind the fathering of himself, self eternal Split Cleft, thirty of a duplication and four hundred of a duplication and he is fathering sons and daughters.
And Split Cleft is living thirty of a duplication and he is fathering self eternal His Friend ("Reu").
And Split Cleft is living behind the fathering of himself, self eternal His Friend, nine duplications and dual hundred of a duplication and he is fathering sons and daughters.
And His Friend is living two and thirty of a duplication and he is fathering Knit Together ("Serug").
And His Friend is living behind the fathering of himself, self eternal Knit Together, seven duplications and a dual hundred of a duplication and he is fathering sons and daughters.
And Knit Together is living thirty of a duplication and is Fathering self eternal Horse Snort.
And Knit Together is living behind the fathering of himself, self eternal Horse Snort, dual hundred of a duplication and he is fathering sons and daughters.
And Horse Snort, he is living nine and twenty of a duplication and he is fathering self eternal Delay ("Terach").
And Horse Snort is living behind the fathering of himself, self eternal Delay, nine ten of a duplication and a hundred of a duplication, and he is fathering sons and daughters.
And Delay is living seventy of a duplication, and he is fathering self eternal Raised Up Father, self eternal Horse Snort, and self eternal Mountaineer.
And mighty one of generations of Delay Delay, he fathered self eternal Raised Father, self eternal Horse Snort, and self eternal Mountaineer; and Mountaineer fathered self eternal Enwrapped ("Lot").
תרח Terach - Place of wandering delay in the desert
And Mountaineer is dying against the faces of Delay, the father of himself, within the Earth of his fatherland, in Flame of the Magicians ("Ur of Chaldeans").
And Raised Up Father and Horse Snort are taking to themselves women. A name of the woman of Raised Up Father is Noble Lady, and a name of the woman of Horse-Snort is Queen, the daughter of Mountaineer, the father of Queen, and the father of Foresight.
An Uprooted Tree
And Noble Lady is becoming uprooted, there is not for herself a ולד male child.
And Delay is taking self eternal Raised Up Father, the son of himself, and self eternal Enwrapped, son of Scorched, son of his son, and self eternal Noble Lady, perfect one of himself, woman of Raised Up Father, the son of himself. And their eternal selves are going out from Flame of the Magicians, to walk into an earth of Humbled. And they are coming in as far as Burnt, and they are sitting there.
No More Delay
And the days of Delay are becoming five duplications, and a dual hundred of a duplication, and Delay is dying in Burnt.

RBT Hebrew Literal

And he is becoming, the whole of the earth is an edge424 of one, and words425 of ones.426

And he is becoming in their pulling up from the front [east], for they are finding a split in the Earth of Two-Rivers and are sitting there.And they are saying, a man to his neighbor,427 `Give, we are becoming-whitened429 whitened-bricks,430 and we are setting-on-fire431 for a fiery-one432 And the White-one is becoming to-themselves for a stone. And the Foaming-tar433 he has become to-themselves for the Foaming-clay.434And they say, `Give, we are building for ourselves a city and tower, and his shaking-one in the Dual-Heavens,435 and we are making for ourselves a name, so that we are not being dashed-in-pieces upon the faces of the whole of the Earth.`And Yahweh is coming down to see אֶת-the city and the Tower which the sons/builders of the Red-one have built;And Yahweh is saying, `Behold, a people436 of one, and an edge of one to their whole, and this one is the Dream to make; and now, nothing is being cut off from them, the whole of which they are purposing to make.Give, we are descending and the boundary of themselves, we are overflowing, which they are not hearing a man the edge of his friend.`437

And Yahweh is dashing-in-pieces אֶת-them from there above the faces of the whole of the Earth, and they are quitting to build the City.

Upon an upright he has called-out her name Babel, for there has Yahweh overflowed the edge of the whole of the Earth, and from there has Yahweh dashed-them-in-pieces upon the faces of the whole of the Earth.438

Mighty one of Generations of Name, Name, a builder of a hundred of a duplication and is generating אֶת-Arphaxad double-duplications439 the back of the Flow.

And Name is living behind his generating את-Arphaxad five hundred of a duplication and he is generating builders and built-ones.And Arphaxad is a living one440 five and thirty of a duplication and is generating Sent.And Arphaxad is living after his generating Sent three duplications and four hundred of a duplication and is generating builders and built-ones.And Sent, a living one thirty of a duplication and he is generating Beyond.And Sent is living back-ones of his generating Beyond three duplications and four hundred of a duplication and is generating builders and built-ones.And Beyond is living four and thirty of a duplication and is generating Split.And Beyond is living behind of his generating את-Split thirty of a duplication and four hundred of a duplication and is generating builders and built-ones.And Division is living thirty of a duplication and is generating Friend.441And Division is living back-ones of his generating Friend nine duplications and double-hundred of a duplication and is generating builders and built-ones.And Friend is living two and thirty of a duplication and is generating Knit.442And Friend is living behind his generating את-Knit seven duplications and a double-hundred of a duplication and is generating builders and built-ones.And Knit is living thirty of a duplication and is generating את-Snorter.443And Knit is living behind his generating את-Snorter two hundred of a duplication and is generating builders and built-ones.And Snorter is living nine and twenty of a duplication and is generating את-Delay.444And Snorter is living behind his generating Delay nine ten of a duplication and a hundred of a duplication and is generating builders and built-ones.And Terah is living seventy of a duplication, and is generating את-Raised-Father,445 את-Snorter, and את-Mountain.446

And a mighty one of generations of Delay, Delay has generated -אתRaised-Father, את-Snorter, and את-Mountaineer; and Mountaineer has generated את-Lot;447

and Mountain is dying upon the faces448 of Terah his father, in the Earth of his fathered-place,449 in Flame of the Chaldeans.450

And Raised-Father and Snorter are taking to-themselves women,451 a name of a woman of Raised-Father is Noble-Lady,452 and a name of a woman of Snorter is Queen,453 built-one of Mountain, father of Queen and father of Foresight.454

And she is becoming Noble-Lady uprooted,455 nothing is to-herself a וָלָֽד-boy.456

And Terah is taking אֶת-Raised-Father his builder, and אֶת-Lot builder of Scorched,457 builder of his builder,458 and אֶת-Noble-Lady his kallah,459 woman of Raised-Father his builder; and they are going out את-themselves460 from Flame of the Chaldeans, to walk earth-ward461 of Humbled. And they are coming in until Scorched, and they are sitting there.462

And they are becoming the days of Terah five duplications and double-hundred of a duplication and Terah is dying in Scorched.463