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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.
The Tower of Babel
And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.
And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
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.)
And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
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 they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.
And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.
“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!
And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing.
Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
In that way, the LORD scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city.
And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.
Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.
Genealogy from Shem to Abram
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
And Shem lived after he had begotten Arphaxad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Shelah.
And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
After the birth of Eber, Shelah lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.
After the birth of Peleg, Eber lived another 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
After the birth of Reu, Peleg lived another 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.
After the birth of Serug, Reu lived another 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
After the birth of Nahor, Serug lived another 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.
After the birth of Terah, Nahor lived another 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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.
Terah's Descendants
And these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
And these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
But Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth, while his father, Terah, was still living.
And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.
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.)
And Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, a daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.
But Sarai was unable to become pregnant and had no children.
And Sarai was barren: she had no child.
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.
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 together out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan, and came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.