Genesis 11
1 And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.
And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had slime for mortar.
4 And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
And they said, Come, let us build a city for us, and a tower, and its top in the heavens. And let us make a name for us, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5 And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.
6 And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.
And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. And now nothing will be withheld from them, which they propose to do.
7 Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand each other's speech.
8 So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.
So Jehovah scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
9 So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.
Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because Jehovah there confounded the language of all the earth, and from there Jehovah scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
11 And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
And Shem lived five hundred years after he begot Arphaxad, and begot sons and daughters.
12 And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:
And Arphaxad lived a hundred and thirty-five years, and begot Cainan.
13 And after the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Cainan, four hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Cainan lived a hundred and thirty years and begot Shelah; and Cainan lived after he had begotten Shelah, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
14 And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:
And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
15 And after the birth of Eber, Shelah went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
And Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he begot Eber, and begot sons and daughters.
16 And Eber was thirty-four years old when he became the father of Peleg:
And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.
17 And after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:
And Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he begot Peleg, and begot sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg was thirty years old when he became the father of Reu:
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
19 And after the birth of Reu, Peleg went on living for two hundred and nine years, and had sons and daughters:
And Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he begot Reu, and begot sons and daughters.
20 And Reu was thirty-two years old when he became the father of Serug:
And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.
21 And after the birth of Serug, Reu went on living for two hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:
And Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he begot Serug, and begot sons and daughters.
22 And Serug was thirty years old when he became the father of Nahor:
And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
23 And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
And Serug lived two hundred years after he begot Nahor, and begot sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he became the father of Terah:
And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.
25 And after the birth of Terah, Nahor went on living for a hundred and nineteen years, and had sons and daughters:
And Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen years after he begot Terah, and begot sons and daughters.
26 And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begot Lot.
28 And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees.
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
And Abram and Nahor took wives to themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
30 And Sarai had no child.
And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. And they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran, and dwelt there.
32 And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.
