Genesis 11
1 And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.
And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
2 And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
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.
3 And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
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.
4 And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
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.
5 And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.
And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
6 And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing.
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.
7 Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
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.
8 And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.
So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.
9 Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.
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.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
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;
11 And Shem lived after he had begotten Arphaxad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
12 And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Shelah.
And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:
13 And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
And after the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:
15 And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
And after the birth of Eber, Shelah went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
16 And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.
And Eber was thirty-four years old when he became the father of Peleg:
17 And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
And after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
And Peleg was thirty years old when he became the father of Reu:
19 And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
And after the birth of Reu, Peleg went on living for two hundred and nine years, and had sons and daughters:
20 And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.
And Reu was thirty-two years old when he became the father of Serug:
21 And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
And after the birth of Serug, Reu went on living for two hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
And Serug was thirty years old when he became the father of Nahor:
23 And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
24 And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.
And Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he became the father of Terah:
25 And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
And after the birth of Terah, Nahor went on living for a hundred and nineteen years, and had sons and daughters:
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 And these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
28 And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.
And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, a daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.
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.
30 And Sarai was barren: she had no child.
And Sarai had no child.
31 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 together out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan, and came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.
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.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.
