1 N ow the whole earth had one language and one speech.

And the whole earth had one 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 it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.

3 T hen they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.

And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.

4 A nd they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.

5 B ut the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.

6 A nd the Lord said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.

And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing.

7 C ome, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

8 S o the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.

And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.

9 T herefore its name is called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth. Shem’s Descendants

Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.

10 T his is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.

These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.

11 A fter he begot Arphaxad, Shem lived five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

And Shem lived after he had begotten Arphaxad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

12 A rphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Salah.

And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Shelah.

13 A fter he begot Salah, Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

14 S alah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.

And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.

15 A fter he begot Eber, Salah lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

16 E ber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.

And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.

17 A fter he begot Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.

And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.

18 P eleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

19 A fter he begot Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.

And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.

20 R eu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.

And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.

21 A fter he begot Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.

And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.

22 S erug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.

And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.

23 A fter he begot Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

24 N ahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.

And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.

25 A fter he begot Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

26 N ow Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Terah’s Descendants

And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27 T his is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.

And these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.

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

And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.

29 T hen Abram and Nahor took 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.

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

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

And Sarai was barren: she had no child.

31 A nd Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.

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 together out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan, and came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.

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

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