Genesis 11
1 At that time the whole world spoke just one language and used words with the same meaning.
So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech, —and of one stock of words.
2 As they moved east they discovered a plain in the land of Shinar so they settled there.
And it came to pass as they brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
3 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).
Then said they, each man to his friend, Come on! let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly, —So the bricks, served them for stone, and bitumen, served them for mortar,
4 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.”
And they said Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name, —lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.
5 But the Lord came down to take a look at the city and the tower that the people were building.
And Yahweh came down, to behold the city, and the tower, —which the sons of men had built.
6 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!
Then said Yahweh: Lo! one people and one manner of speech, have they all, this, then is what they have begun to do, —now, therefore, nothing will be withholden from them which they may plan to do.
7 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.”
Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech, —that they may not understand, each man the speech of his friend.
8 The Lord sent them away from there and scattered them all over the world, and they gave up building the city.
So Yahweh scattered them from thence over the face of all the earth, —and so they left off building the city.
9 That's why it was called Babel, because the Lord made the language of the world confused.
For this cause, was the name thereof called Babel ["Confusion"]; because there, did Yahweh confuse the speech of all the earth, —and, from thence, did Yahweh scatter them abroad, over the face of all the earth.
10 The following is the genealogy of Shem. When Shem was 100, he had Arphaxad. This was two years after the flood.
These, are the genealogies of Shem, Shem was a hundred years old when he begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood
11 Shem lived another 500 years after Arphaxad was born and had other sons and daughters.
and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad, five hundred years, —and begat sons and daughters.
12 When Arphaxad was 35, he had Shelah.
And, Arpachshad, lived thirty-five years, —and begat Shelah;
13 Arphaxad lived another 403 years after Shelah was born and had other sons and daughters.
and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah, four hundred and three years, —and begat sons and daughters.
14 When Shelah was 30, he had Eber.
And, Shelah, lived thirty years, —and begat Eber;
15 Shelah lived another 403 years after Eber was born and had other sons and daughters.
and Shelah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years, —and begat sons and daughters.
16 When Eber was 34, he had Peleg.
And Eber lived thirty-four years, —and begat Peleg;
17 Eber lived another 430 years after Peleg was born and had other sons and daughters.
and Eber lived after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, —and begat sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg was 30, he had Reu.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19 Peleg lived another 209 years after Reu was born and had other sons and daughters.
and Peleg lived after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, —and begat sons and daughters.
20 When Reu was 32, he had Serug.
And Reu lived thirty-two years—and begat Serug;
21 Reu lived another 207 years after Serug was born and had other sons and daughters.
and Reu lived after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years, —and begat sons and daughters.
22 When Serug was 30, he had Nahor.
And Serug lived thirty years, —and begat Nahor;
23 Serug lived another 200 years after Nahor was born and had other sons and daughters.
and Serug lived after he begat Nahor, two hundred years, —and begat sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor was 29, he had Terah.
And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, —and begat Terah;
25 Nahor lived another 119 years after Terah was born and had other sons and daughters.
and Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, a hundred and nineteen years, —and begat sons and daughters.
26 When Terah was 70, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Terah lived seventy years, —and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 The following is the genealogy of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.
These, then are the generations of Terah, Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran, —and, Haran, begat Lot;
28 However, Haran died while his father, Terah, was still alive, in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth.
and Haran died, in the presence of Terah his father, —in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 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).
And Abram and Nahor took to themselves wives; the name of Abram’s wife, was Sarai; and, the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, daughter of Haran father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
30 Sarai wasn't able to become pregnant and so had no children.
And, Sarai, remained barren, —she had no child,
31 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.
And Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, —and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as Haran and dwelt there.
32 Terah lived for 205 years and died in Haran.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, —and Terah died in Haran.
