Genesis 11
1 Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.
2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.
3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
And each one said to his neighbour: Come, let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar.
4 “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.
5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.
6 And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.
7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.
9 That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.
10 This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
These are the generations of Sem: Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
11 And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Sale.
13 And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Arphaxad lived after he begot Sale, three hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
Sale also lived thirty years, and begot Heber.
15 And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Sale lived after he begot Heber, four hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
And Heber lived thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg.
17 And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Heber lived after he begot Phaleg, four hundred and thirty years: and begot sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
19 And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Phaleg lived after he begot Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Sarug.
21 And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Reu lived after he begot Sarug, two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
And Sarug lived thirty years, and begot Nachor.
23 And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor, two hundred years: and begot sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Thare.
25 And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a hundred and nineteen years: and begot sons and daughters.
26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And Aran begot Lot.
28 During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor’s wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Melcha, and father of Jescha.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
And Sarai was barren, and had no children.
31 And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
And Thare took Abram, his son, and Lot the son of Aran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan: and they came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.
32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
And the days of Thare were two hundred and five years, and he died in Haran.
