Genesis 11
1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
2 It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they settled 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 to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar 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 They said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface 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 God came down to see the city and the tower, that humankind was building.
And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
6 And God said, "Look, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. So now nothing which they plan to do will be too difficult for them.
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 confuse 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 Then God scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth; so they ceased 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 its name was called Babel, because there God confused the language of all the earth. From there he scattered them 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 one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad 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 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and fathered sons and daughters.
And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
12 And Arpachshad lived one hundred and thirty-five years and became the father of Kenan.
And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:
13 And Arpachshad lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Kenan, and fathered sons and daughters. And Kenan lived one hundred and thirty years and became the father of Shelah. And Kenan lived three hundred and thirty years after he had become the father of Shelah, and fathered 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 Shelah lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Eber:
And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:
15 and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and fathered 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 Eber lived one hundred and thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
And Eber was thirty-four years old when he became the father of Peleg:
17 Eber lived three hundred and seventy years after he became the father of Peleg, and fathered 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 Peleg lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
And Peleg was thirty years old when he became the father of Reu:
19 Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and fathered 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 Reu lived one hundred and thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
And Reu was thirty-two years old when he became the father of Serug:
21 Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and fathered 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 Serug lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
And Serug was thirty years old when he became the father of Nahor:
23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and fathered sons and daughters.
And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
24 Nahor lived seventy-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
And Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he became the father of Terah:
25 Nahor lived one hundred and twenty-nine years after he became the father of Terah, and fathered 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 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of 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 his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.
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, the daughter of Haran who was also 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, Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and with them he set out from Ur Kasdim to go into the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled 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.
