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The Tower of Babel
Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.
Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.
The Tower of Babel
At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words.
At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words.
And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.)
Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”
Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.
But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.
And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
“Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!
Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”
So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
In that way, the LORD scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city.
Shem’s Descendants
These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.
These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.
And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah.
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelah 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber.
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
And Shelah lived after he fathered Eber 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
After the birth of Eber, Shelah lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg.
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
And Eber lived after he fathered Peleg 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
After the birth of Peleg, Eber lived another 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered Reu.
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
After the birth of Reu, Peleg lived another 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug.
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
And Reu lived after he fathered Serug 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
After the birth of Serug, Reu lived another 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
When Serug had lived 30 years, he fathered Nahor.
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
And Serug lived after he fathered Nahor 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
After the birth of Nahor, Serug lived another 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah.
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
And Nahor lived after he fathered Terah 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
After the birth of Terah, Nahor lived another 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Terah’s Descendants
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.
The Family of Terah
This is the account of Terah’s family. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
But Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth, while his father, Terah, was still living.
And 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 Iscah.
Meanwhile, Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah. (Milcah and her sister Iscah were daughters of Nahor’s brother Haran.)
Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.
But Sarai was unable to become pregnant and had no children.
Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.
One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram’s wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran’s child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.