< Genesis 11 >

1 Then the whole earth was of one language and one speache.
And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,
2 And as they went from the East, they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and there they abode.
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 And they said one to another, Come, let vs make bricke, and burne it in the fire. So they had bricke for stone, and slime had they in steade of morter.
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 Also they said, Goe to, let vs builde vs a citie and a towre, whose top may reache vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a name, lest we be scattered vpon 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 But the Lord came downe, to see the citie and towre, which the sonnes of men builded.
And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
6 And the Lord said, Beholde, the people is one, and they all haue one language, and this they begin to doe, neither can they now be stopped from whatsoeuer they haue imagined to do.
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 on, let vs goe downe, and there confound their language, that euery one perceiue not anothers speache.
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 ye Lord scattered them from thence vpon all the earth, and they left off to build the citie.
And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;
9 Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because the Lord did there confounde the language of all the earth: from thence then did the Lord scatter them vpon 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 are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundreth yeere olde, and begate Arpachshad two yeere 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 And Shem liued, after he begate Arpachshad, fiue hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
12 Also Arpachshad liued fiue and thirtie yeeres, and begate Shelah.
And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.
13 And Arpachshad liued, after he begate Shelah, foure hundreth and three yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
14 And Shelah liued thirtie yeeres, and begat Eber.
And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber.
15 So Shelah liued, after he begat Eber, foure hundreth and three yeeres, and begat sonnes and daughters.
And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
16 Likewise Eber liued foure and thirtie yeres, and begate Peleg.
And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.
17 So Eber liued, after he begate Peleg, foure hundreth and thirtie yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters
And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg liued thirtie yeeres, and begate Reu.
And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu.
19 And Peleg liued, after he begate Reu, two hundreth and nine yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
20 Also Reu liued two and thirtie yeeres, and begate Serug.
And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug.
21 So Reu liued, after he begate Serug, two hundreth and seuen yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
22 Moreouer Serug liued thirtie yeeres, and begate Nahor.
And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor.
23 And Serug liued, after he begate Nahor, two hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor liued nine and twentie yeeres, and begate Terah.
And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.
25 So Nahor liued, after he begate Terah, an hundreth and nineteene yeeres, and begat sonnes and daughters.
And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
26 So Terah liued seuentie yeeres, and begate Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Nowe these are the generations of Terah: Terah begate Abram, Nahor, and Haran: and Haran begate Lot.
And these [are] births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;
28 Then Haran died before Terah his father in the land of his natiuitie, in Vr of the Caldees.
and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 So Abram and Nahor tooke them wiues. The name of Abrams wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahors wife Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
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 But Sarai was barren, and had no childe.
And Sarai is barren — she hath no child.
31 Then Terah tooke Abram his sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran, his sonnes sonne, and Sarai his daughter in lawe, his sonne Abrams wife: and they departed together from Vr of the Caldees, to goe into the land of Canaan, and they came to Haran, and dwelt 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 So the dayes of Terah were two hundreth and fiue yeeres, and Terah died in Haran.
And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.

< Genesis 11 >