Genesis 11
1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,
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 cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
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 say each one to his neighbour, 'Give help, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.
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 say, 'Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'
5 And God came down to see the city and the tower, that humankind was building.
And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
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 Jehovah saith, 'Lo, the people [is] one, and one pronunciation [is] to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.
7 Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'
8 Then God scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth; so they ceased building the city.
And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;
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.
therefore hath [one] called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all 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] births of Shem: Shem [is] a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.
11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and fathered sons and daughters.
And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
12 And Arpachshad lived one hundred and thirty-five years and became the father of Kenan.
And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.
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 Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
14 Shelah lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Eber:
And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber.
15 and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and fathered sons and daughters.
And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
16 Eber lived one hundred and thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.
17 Eber lived three hundred and seventy years after he became the father of Peleg, and fathered sons and daughters.
And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
18 Peleg lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu.
19 Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and fathered sons and daughters.
And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
20 Reu lived one hundred and thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug.
21 Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and fathered sons and daughters.
And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
22 Serug lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor.
23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and fathered sons and daughters.
And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
24 Nahor lived seventy-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.
25 Nahor lived one hundred and twenty-nine years after he became the father of Terah, and fathered sons and daughters.
And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth 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.
And these [are] births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.
and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in 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 take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife [is] Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife [is] Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
30 And Sarai was barren. She had no child.
And Sarai is barren — she hath 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 taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years. And Terah died in Haran.
And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
