Genesis 11
1 Now the whole earth used one language and had the same words.
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one kind of words.
2 As they journeyed in the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
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.
3 They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick instead of stone and tar as mortar.
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.
4 They said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top will reach to the sky, and let us make a name for ourselves. If we do not, we will be scattered across the surface of the whole earth.”
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.
5 So Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower which the descendants of Adam had built.
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man were building.
6 Yahweh said, “Look, they are one people with the same language, and they are beginning to do this! Soon nothing that they intend to do will be impossible for them.
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?
7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that they may not understand each other.”
Go to, let us go down, and confound there their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
8 So Yahweh scattered them from there across the surface of all the earth and they stopped building the city.
So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.
9 Therefore, its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth and from there Yahweh scattered them abroad over the surface of all the earth.
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.
10 These were the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and he became the father of Arphaxad two years after the flood.
These are the generations of Shem: Shem, when a hundred years old, begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood.
11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arphaxad. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
And Shem lived after he had begotten Arpachshad five hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
12 When Arphaxad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah.
And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelach.
13 Arphaxad lived 403 years after he became the father of Shelah. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
And Arpachshad lived after he had begotten Shelach four hundred and three years; and begat sons and daughters.
14 When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber.
And Shelach lived thirty years, and begat Eber.
15 Shelah lived 403 years after he became the father of Eber. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
And Shelach lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years; and begat sons and daughters.
16 When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg.
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg.
17 Eber lived 430 years after he became the father of Peleg. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years; and begat sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu.
19 Peleg lived 209 years after he became the father of Reu. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years; and begat sons and daughters.
20 When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug.
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug.
21 Reu lived 207 years after he became the father of Serug. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years; and begat sons and daughters.
22 When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor.
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nachor.
23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
And Serug lived after he had begotten Nachor two hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor had live twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah.
And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terach.
25 Nahor lived 119 years after he became the father of Terah. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
And Nachor lived after he had begotten Terach a hundred and nineteen years; and begat sons and daughters.
26 After Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Terach lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran.
27 Now these were the descendants of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot.
Now these are the generations of Terach: Terach begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
And Haran died before his father Terach in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai and the name of Nahor's wife was Milkah, a daughter of Haran, who was the father of Milkah and Iskah.
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.
30 Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of his son Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and together they left Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. But they came to Haran and stayed there.
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.
32 Terah lived 205 years and then died in Haran.
And the days of Terach were two hundred and five years; and Terach died in Charan.
