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

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of 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 cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell 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 say each one to his neighbour, `Give help, let us make bricks, and burn thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them 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 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 B ut the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;

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 saith, `Lo, the people one, and one pronunciation 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 C ome, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'

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 doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build 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 hath 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 T his is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.

These births of Shem: Shem a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.

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

And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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

And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.

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

And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

14 S alah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.

And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber.

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

And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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

And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.

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

And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

18 P eleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu.

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

And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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

And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug.

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

And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

22 S erug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.

And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor.

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

And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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

And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.

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

And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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

And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

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

And these births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;

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

and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.

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 take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.

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

And Sarai is barren -- she hath 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 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 S o the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.

And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.