Genesis 11
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one kind of words.
And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed toward the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt 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, Go to, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And thus the brick served them for stone, and slime served them for 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 And they said, Go to, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower, the top of which may reach unto heaven; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole 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 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man 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, Behold, it is one people, and they have all one language, and this is the first thing they undertake to do; and now shall they not be restrained in all which they have imagined to do?
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 Go to, let us go down, and confound there their language, that they may 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 abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.
And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth; and from there did the Lord scatter them abroad 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 These are the generations of Shem: Shem, when a hundred years old, begat Arpachshad, 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 And Shem lived after he had begotten Arpachshad five hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
12 And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelach.
And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Sale.
13 And Arpachshad lived after he had begotten Shelach four hundred and three years; and begat sons and daughters.
And Arphaxad lived after he begot Sale, three hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
14 And Shelach lived thirty years, and begat Eber.
Sale also lived thirty years, and begot Heber.
15 And Shelach lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years; and begat sons and daughters.
And Sale lived after he begot Heber, four hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg.
And Heber lived thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg.
17 And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years; and begat sons and daughters.
And Heber lived after he begot Phaleg, four hundred and thirty years: and begot sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu.
Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
19 And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years; and begat sons and daughters.
And Phaleg lived after he begot Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug.
And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Sarug.
21 And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years; and begat sons and daughters.
And Reu lived after he begot Sarug, two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nachor.
And Sarug lived thirty years, and begot Nachor.
23 And Serug lived after he had begotten Nachor two hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor, two hundred years: and begot sons and daughters.
24 And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terach.
And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Thare.
25 And Nachor lived after he had begotten Terach a hundred and nineteen years; and begat sons and daughters.
And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a hundred and nineteen years: and begot sons and daughters.
26 And Terach lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran.
And Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terach: Terach begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And Aran begot Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terach in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nachor took themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nachor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Yiscah.
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 child.
And Sarai was barren, and had no children.
31 And Terach took Abram his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Charan, and dwelt 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 And the days of Terach were two hundred and five years; and Terach died in Charan.
And the days of Thare were two hundred and five years, and he died in Haran.
