1 And the whole earth had one language and the same speech.
2 And as they journeyed east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And they said to one another, Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had tar for mortar.
4 And they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top is in the heavens; and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the surface of the whole earth.
5 And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men had built.
6 And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and now nothing which they purpose to do will be kept from them.
7 Come, let Us go down and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8 So Jehovah scattered them from there over the surface of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Jehovah confounded the language of all the earth, and from there Jehovah scattered them over the surface of all the earth.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old when he begot Arpachshad, two years after the flood.
11 And Shem lived after he had begotten Arpachshad five hundred years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
12 And Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and begot Shelah.
13 And Arpachshad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred three years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
14 And Shelah lived thirty years and begot Eber.
15 And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred three years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived thirty-four years and begot Peleg.
17 And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred thirty years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years and begot Reu.
19 And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred nine years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived thirty-two years and begot Serug.
21 And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred seven years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years and begot Nahor.
23 And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived twenty-nine years and begot Terah.
25 And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah one hundred nineteen years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begot Lot.