Genesis 11
1 And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.
2 And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.
And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.
3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.
And each one said to his neighbour: Come, let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar.
4 And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.
5 And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.
6 And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.
And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.
7 Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8 So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.
And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.
9 So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.
And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;
These are the generations of Sem: Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
11 And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
12 And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:
And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Sale.
13 And after the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
And Arphaxad lived after he begot Sale, three hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
14 And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:
Sale also lived thirty years, and begot Heber.
15 And after the birth of Eber, Shelah went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
And Sale lived after he begot Heber, four hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
16 And Eber was thirty-four years old when he became the father of Peleg:
And Heber lived thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg.
17 And after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:
And Heber lived after he begot Phaleg, four hundred and thirty years: and begot sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg was thirty years old when he became the father of Reu:
Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
19 And after the birth of Reu, Peleg went on living for two hundred and nine years, and had sons and daughters:
And Phaleg lived after he begot Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
20 And Reu was thirty-two years old when he became the father of Serug:
And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Sarug.
21 And after the birth of Serug, Reu went on living for two hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:
And Reu lived after he begot Sarug, two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
22 And Serug was thirty years old when he became the father of Nahor:
And Sarug lived thirty years, and begot Nachor.
23 And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor, two hundred years: and begot sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he became the father of Terah:
And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Thare.
25 And after the birth of Terah, Nahor went on living for a hundred and nineteen years, and had sons and daughters:
And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a hundred and nineteen years: and begot sons and daughters.
26 And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
27 These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And Aran begot Lot.
28 And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees.
And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor’s wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Melcha, and father of Jescha.
30 And Sarai had no child.
And Sarai was barren, and had no children.
31 And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.
And Thare took Abram, his son, and Lot the son of Aran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan: and they came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.
32 And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.
And the days of Thare were two hundred and five years, and he died in Haran.
