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-\v 10 These are the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
+\v 10 These were the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
 \v 11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
 
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@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
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-\v 27 Now these are the descendants of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot.
+\v 27 Now these were the descendants of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot.
 \v 28 Haran died in the presence of  his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
 
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