Genesis 11
1 And the whole
earth was of
one language, and of
one speech. 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 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 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 And the
LORD came
down to
see the
city and the
tower, which the
children of
men builded.
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 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
abroad from
thence upon the
face of all the
earth: and they left
off to
build the
city. 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 These are the
generations of
Shem: Shem was an
hundred years old, and
begat Arphaxad two
years after the
flood: 11 And
Shem lived after he
begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and
begat sons and
daughters. 12 And
Arphaxad lived five and
thirty years, and
begat Salah: 13 And
Arphaxad lived after he
begat Salah four hundred and three years, and
begat sons and
daughters. 14 And
Salah lived thirty years, and
begat Eber: 15 And
Salah lived after he
begat Eber four hundred and three years, and
begat sons and
daughters. 16 And
Eber lived four and
thirty years, and
begat Peleg: 17 And
Eber lived after he
begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and
begat sons and
daughters. 18 And
Peleg lived thirty years, and
begat Reu: 19 And
Peleg lived after he
begat Reu two
hundred and nine years, and
begat sons and
daughters. 20 And
Reu lived two and
thirty years, and
begat Serug: 21 And
Reu lived after he
begat Serug two
hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and
daughters. 22 And
Serug lived thirty years, and
begat Nahor: 23 And
Serug lived after he
begat Nahor two
hundred years, and
begat sons and
daughters. 24 And
Nahor lived nine and
twenty years, and
begat Terah: 25 And
Nahor lived after he
begat Terah an
hundred and nineteen years, and
begat sons and
daughters. 26 And
Terah lived seventy years, and
begat Abram, Nahor, and
Haran. 27 Now these are the
generations of
Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and
Haran; and
Haran begat Lot. 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 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
child. 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 And the
days of
Terah were two
hundred and five years: and
Terah died in
Haran.