1 ¶ And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words.

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

And as men traveled in the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and made their home there.

3 A nd they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick instead of stone and slime instead of mortar.

They said to one another, “Come, let us make blocks and burn them until they are hard.” They used blocks for stone, and tar to hold them together.

4 A nd 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.

Then they said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, with a tower that touches the heavens. Let us make a name for ourselves, or else we may be sent everywhere over the whole earth.”

5 ¶ And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of the man built.

Then the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men had built.

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

And the Lord said, “See, they are one people, and they all have the same language. This is only the beginning of what they will do. Now all they plan to do will be possible for them.

7 N ow, let us go down and there confound their language that they may not understand one another’s speech.

Come, let Us go down and mix up their language so they will not understand what each other says.”

8 S o the LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth, and they left off to build the city.

So the Lord sent them everywhere over the whole earth. And they stopped building the city.

9 T herefore the name of it was called Babel because there the LORD confounded the language of all the earth, and from there the LORD scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

So the name of the city was Babel, because there the Lord mixed up the language of the whole earth. The Lord sent the people everywhere over the whole earth. The Families after Shem

10 ¶ These are the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

These are the children of Shem. When Shem had lived 100 years, he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the flood.

11 A nd Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years and begat sons and daughters.

Shem lived 500 years after the birth of Arpachshad. He had other sons and daughters.

12 A nd Arphaxad lived thirty-five years and begat Salah;

When Arpachshad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah.

13 a nd Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years and begat sons and daughters.

Arpachshad lived 403 years after the birth of Shelah. He had other sons and daughters.

14 A nd Salah lived thirty years and begat Eber;

When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber.

15 a nd Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years and begat sons and daughters.

Shelah lived 403 years after the birth of Eber. He had other sons and daughters.

16 A nd Eber lived thirty-four years and begat Peleg;

When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg.

17 a nd Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years and begat sons and daughters.

Eber lived 430 years after the birth of Peleg. He had other sons and daughters.

18 A nd Peleg lived thirty years and begat Reu;

When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu.

19 a nd Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years and begat sons and daughters.

Peleg lived 209 years after the birth of Reu. He had other sons and daughters.

20 A nd Reu lived thirty-two years and begat Serug;

When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug.

21 a nd Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years and begat sons and daughters.

Reu lived 207 years after the birth of Serug. He had other sons and daughters.

22 A nd Serug lived thirty years and begat Nahor;

When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor.

23 a nd Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years and begat sons and daughters.

Serug lived 200 years after the birth of Nahor. He had other sons and daughters.

24 A nd Nahor lived twenty-nine years and begat Terah;

When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah.

25 a nd Nahor lived after he begat Terah one hundred and nineteen years and begat sons and daughters.

Nahor lived 119 years after the birth of Terah. He had other sons and daughters.

26 A nd Terah lived seventy years and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

When Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

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

Now these are the children of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

28 A nd Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nature, in Ur of the Chaldees.

Haran died with his father Terah beside him in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldeans.

29 A nd Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves; 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.

Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai. The name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran. Haran was the father of Milcah and Iscah.

30 B ut Sarai was barren; she had no child.

But Sarai could not give birth. She had no child.

31 A nd 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.

Terah took his son Abram, and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram and they went together from Ur of the Chaldeans to the land of Canaan. But when they went as far as Haran, they made their home there.

32 A nd the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.

Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.