1 N ow the whole earth used the same language and the same words.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

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

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 T hey 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.

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 T hen 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.”

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

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

6 A nd 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.

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

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

8 S o the Lord sent them everywhere over the whole earth. And they stopped building the city.

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

9 S o 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

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

These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

11 S hem lived 500 years after the birth of Arpachshad. He had other sons and daughters.

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

12 W hen Arpachshad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah.

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

13 A rpachshad lived 403 years after the birth of Shelah. He had other sons and daughters.

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

14 W hen Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber.

And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

15 S helah lived 403 years after the birth of Eber. He had other sons and daughters.

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

16 W hen Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg.

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

17 E ber lived 430 years after the birth of Peleg. He had other sons and daughters.

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

18 W hen Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu.

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

19 P eleg lived 209 years after the birth of Reu. He had other sons and daughters.

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

20 W hen Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug.

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

21 R eu lived 207 years after the birth of Serug. He had other sons and daughters.

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

22 W hen Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor.

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

23 S erug lived 200 years after the birth of Nahor. He had other sons and daughters.

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

24 W hen Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah.

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

25 N ahor lived 119 years after the birth of Terah. He had other sons and daughters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29 A bram 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.

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 B ut Sarai could not give birth. She had no child.

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31 T erah 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.

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 T erah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

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