Genesis 11
1 At that time the whole world spoke just one language and used words with the same meaning.
And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.
2 As they moved east they discovered a plain in the land of Shinar so they settled there.
And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.
3 They said to one another, “Come on, let's make some bricks and bake them with fire.” (They used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of cement).
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 Then they said, “Now let's build a city for ourselves with a tower whose top reaches the heavens. That way we'll gain a great reputation and we won't end up being scattered all over the world.”
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 But the Lord came down to take a look at the city and the tower that the people were building.
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.
6 The Lord said, “Look! These people are united and they all speak one language. If this is what they can do now when they're just getting started, nothing will be impossible for them when they all put their minds to it!
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 We need to go down and mix up their language and make it confused so they won't be able to understand what they're saying to one other.”
Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8 The Lord sent them away from there and scattered them all over the world, and they gave up building the city.
And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.
9 That's why it was called Babel, because the Lord made the language of the world confused.
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 The following is the genealogy of Shem. When Shem was 100, he had Arphaxad. This was two years after the flood.
These are the generations of Sem: Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
11 Shem lived another 500 years after Arphaxad was born 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, he had Shelah.
And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Sale.
13 Arphaxad lived another 403 years after Shelah was born 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, he had Eber.
Sale also lived thirty years, and begot Heber.
15 Shelah lived another 403 years after Eber was born 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, he had Peleg.
And Heber lived thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg.
17 Eber lived another 430 years after Peleg was born 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, he had Reu.
Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
19 Peleg lived another 209 years after Reu was born 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, he had Serug.
And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Sarug.
21 Reu lived another 207 years after Serug was born 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, he had Nahor.
And Sarug lived thirty years, and begot Nachor.
23 Serug lived another 200 years after Nahor was born 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, he had Terah.
And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Thare.
25 Nahor lived another 119 years after Terah was born 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, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
27 The following is the genealogy of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.
And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And Aran begot Lot.
28 However, Haran died while his father, Terah, was still alive, in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth.
And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 Abram and Nahor both got married. 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 Sarai wasn't able to become pregnant and so had no children.
And Sarai was barren, and had no children.
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, (who was the son of Haran), his daughter-in-law Sarai, (the wife of his son Abram), and left Ur of the Chaldeans to move to the land of Canaan. They got as far as Haran and 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 for 205 years and died in Haran.
And the days of Thare were two hundred and five years, and he died in Haran.
