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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.
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.
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’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, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.
But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had 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 the Lord said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.
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 confuse 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.
So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
Shem’s Descendants
This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
After he begot Arphaxad, Shem lived five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Salah.
After he begot Salah, Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
Salah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
After the birth of Eber, Shelah lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
After he begot Eber, Salah lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.
After the birth of Peleg, Eber lived another 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
After he begot Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
After the birth of Reu, Peleg lived another 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
After he begot Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.
After the birth of Serug, Reu lived another 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
After he begot Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
After the birth of Nahor, Serug lived another 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
After he begot Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.
After the birth of Terah, Nahor lived another 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
After he begot Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of 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
This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.
This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 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 his father Terah in his native land, in 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.)
But Sarai was unable to become pregnant and had no children.
But 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 his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.