Genesis 11
1 Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they settled there.
3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
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.
4 “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
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."
5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, that humankind was building.
6 And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
The LORD 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.
7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
Then God scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth; so they ceased building the city.
9 That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
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.
10 This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
11 And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and fathered sons and daughters.
12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
And Arpachshad lived one hundred and thirty-five years and became the father of Kenan.
13 And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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.
14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
Shelah lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Eber:
15 And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and fathered sons and daughters.
16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
Eber lived one hundred and thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
17 And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
Eber lived three hundred and seventy years after he became the father of Peleg, and fathered sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
Peleg lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
19 And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and fathered sons and daughters.
20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
Reu lived one hundred and thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
21 And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and fathered sons and daughters.
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
Serug lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
23 And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and fathered sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
Nahor lived seventy-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
25 And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
Nahor lived one hundred and twenty-nine years after he became the father of Terah, and fathered sons and daughters.
26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
28 During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. 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.
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.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
And Sarai was barren. She had no child.
31 And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
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.
32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years. And Terah died in Haran.
