Genesis 11

1 Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.

1 And 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.

2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt 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.

3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

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.”

4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

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.

6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound 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.

8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build 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.

9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the 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.

10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad 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.

11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.

12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

13 And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.

14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

15 And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

17 And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.

18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

19 And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.

20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

21 And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.

22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

23 And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.

24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

25 And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat 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.

27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

28 During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

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.

29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

30 But 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.

31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.