Genesis 11

Chapter 11

The Tower of Babel

1 At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words.

2 As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babyloniat and settled there.
3 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.)

4 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.”
5 But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.6 “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!

7 Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”
8 In that way, the LORD scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city.

9 That is why the city was called Babel,t because that is where the LORD confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.

The Line of Descent from Shem to Abram

10 This is the account of Shem’s family.

Two years after the great flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father oft Arphaxad.11 After the birth oft Arphaxad, Shem lived another 500 years and had other sons and daughters.12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.13 After the birth of Shelah, Arphaxad lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.t14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.15 After the birth of Eber, Shelah lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.17 After the birth of Peleg, Eber lived another 430 years and had other sons and daughters.18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.19 After the birth of Reu, Peleg lived another 209 years and had other sons and daughters.20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.21 After the birth of Serug, Reu lived another 207 years and had other sons and daughters.22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.23 After the birth of Nahor, Serug lived another 200 years and had other sons and daughters.24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.25 After the birth of Terah, Nahor lived another 119 years and had other sons and daughters.26 After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

The Family of Terah

27 This is the account of Terah’s family. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.28 But Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth, while his father, Terah, was still living.29 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.)

30 But Sarai was unable to become pregnant and had no children.
31 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.

32 Terah lived for 205 yearst and died while still in Haran.

GENESIS 11

The Tower of Babel

1 At first everyone spoke the same language, 2 but after some of them moved from the eastt and settled in Babylonia, t

3-4 they said:
Let's build a city with a tower that reaches to the sky! We'll use hard bricks and tar instead of stone and mortar. We'll become famous, and we won't be scattered all over the world.
5 But when the [Lord] came down to look at the city and the tower,

6 he said:
These people are working together because they all speak the same language. This is just the beginning. Soon they will be able to do anything they want.

7 Let's go down and confuse them! We'll make them speak different languages, and they won't be able to understand each other.

8-9 So the people had to stop building the city, because the [Lord] confused their language and scattered them all over the earth. That's how the city of Babelt got its name.

The Descendants //of Shem

10-11 Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100, he had a son named Arpachshad. He had more children and died at the age of 600. This is a list of his descendants:
12 When Arpachshad was 35, he had a son named Shelah.

13 Arpachshad had more children and died at the age of 438.
14 When Shelah was 30, he had a son named Eber.

15 Shelah had more children and died at the age of 433.
16 When Eber was 34, he had a son named Peleg.

17 Eber had more children and died at the age of 464.
18 When Peleg was 30, he had a son named Reu.

19 Peleg had more children and died at the age of 239.
20 When Reu was 32 he had a son named Serug.

21 Reu had more children and died at the age of 239.
22 When Serug was 30, he had a son named Nahor.

23 Serug had more children and died at the age of 230.
24 When Nahor was 29, he had a son named Terah.

25 Nahor had more children and died at the age of 148.

The Descendants //of Terah

26-28 After Terah was 70 years old, he had three sons: Abram, Nahor, and Haran, who became the father of Lot. Terah's sons were born in the city of Ur in Chaldea, t and Haran died there before the death of his father. The following is the story of Terah's descendants.

29-30 Abram married Sarai, but she was not able to have children. And Nahor married Milcah, who was the daughter of Haran and the sister of Iscah.
31 Terah decided to move from Ur to the land of Canaan. He took along Abram and Sarai and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran. But when they came to the city of Haran, t they settled there instead. 32 Terah lived to be 205 years old and died in Haran.