Genesis 11
1 Now the whole earth used one language and had the same words.
And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,
2 As they journeyed in the east, 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 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 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 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 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 So Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower which the descendants of Adam had built.
And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
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 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 confuse their language there, so that they may not understand each other.”
Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'
8 So Yahweh scattered them from there across the surface of all the earth and they stopped 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 Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth and from there Yahweh scattered them abroad over the surface of all the 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 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] 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 Arphaxad. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
12 When Arphaxad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah.
And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.
13 Arphaxad lived 403 years after he became the father of Shelah. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
14 When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber.
And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber.
15 Shelah lived 403 years after he became the father of Eber. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
16 When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg.
And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth 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 liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu.
And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth 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 liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
20 When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug.
And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth 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 liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
22 When Serug had lived thirty years, he 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. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor had live twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah.
And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.
25 Nahor lived 119 years after he became the father of Terah. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
26 After Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, 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.
And these [are] births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;
28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, 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 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 Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.
And Sarai is barren — she hath 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 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 Terah lived 205 years and then died in Haran.
And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
