Genesis 11
1 And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,
At that time the whole world spoke just one language and used words with the same meaning.
2 and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
As they moved east they discovered a plain in the land of Shinar so they settled there.
3 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.
They said to one another, “Come on, let's make some bricks and bake them with fire.” (They used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of cement).
4 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.'
Then they said, “Now let's build a city for ourselves with a tower whose top reaches the heavens. That way we'll gain a great reputation and we won't end up being scattered all over the world.”
5 And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
But the Lord came down to take a look at the city and the tower that the people were building.
6 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.
The Lord said, “Look! These people are united and they all speak one language. If this is what they can do now when they're just getting started, nothing will be impossible for them when they all put their minds to it!
7 Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'
We need to go down and mix up their language and make it confused so they won't be able to understand what they're saying to one other.”
8 And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;
The Lord sent them away from there and scattered them all over the world, and they gave up building the city.
9 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.
That's why it was called Babel, because the Lord made the language of the world confused.
10 These [are] births of Shem: Shem [is] a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.
The following is the genealogy of Shem. When Shem was 100, he had Arphaxad. This was two years after the flood.
11 And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Shem lived another 500 years after Arphaxad was born and had other sons and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.
When Arphaxad was 35, he had Shelah.
13 And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Arphaxad lived another 403 years after Shelah was born and had other sons and daughters.
14 And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber.
When Shelah was 30, he had Eber.
15 And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Shelah lived another 403 years after Eber was born and had other sons and daughters.
16 And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.
When Eber was 34, he had Peleg.
17 And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Eber lived another 430 years after Peleg was born and had other sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu.
When Peleg was 30, he had Reu.
19 And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Peleg lived another 209 years after Reu was born and had other sons and daughters.
20 And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug.
When Reu was 32, he had Serug.
21 And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Reu lived another 207 years after Serug was born and had other sons and daughters.
22 And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor.
When Serug was 30, he had Nahor.
23 And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Serug lived another 200 years after Nahor was born and had other sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.
When Nahor was 29, he had Terah.
25 And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Nahor lived another 119 years after Terah was born and had other sons and daughters.
26 And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
When Terah was 70, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 And these [are] births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;
The following is the genealogy of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.
28 and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
However, Haran died while his father, Terah, was still alive, in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth.
29 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.
Abram and Nahor both got married. Abram's wife was named Sarai, and Nahor's wife was named Milcah. (She was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah).
30 And Sarai is barren — she hath no child.
Sarai wasn't able to become pregnant and so had no children.
31 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.
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, (who was the son of Haran), his daughter-in-law Sarai, (the wife of his son Abram), and left Ur of the Chaldeans to move to the land of Canaan. They got as far as Haran and settled there.
32 And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
Terah lived for 205 years and died in Haran.
