And the whole earth was of one
language
, and of one
speech
.
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.
And they said one
to another
, Go to
, let us make
brick
, and burn
them throughly
. And they had brick
for stone
, and slime
had
they for morter
.
And they said, Go to
, let us build
us a city
and a tower
, whose top
may reach unto heaven
; and let us make
us a name
, lest we be scattered abroad
upon the face
of the whole earth
.
And the LORD came down
to see
the city
and the tower
, which the children
of men
builded
.
And the LORD said
, Behold, the people
is one
, and they have all one
language
; and this they begin
to do
: and now nothing
will be restrained
from them, which they have imagined
to do
.
Go to, let us go down
, and there confound
their language
, that
they may not understand
one
another's
speech
.
So the LORD scattered them abroad
from thence
upon the face
of all the earth
: and they left off
to build
the city
.
Therefore is the name of it called
Babel
; because the LORD
did there confound
the language
of all the earth
: and from thence did
the LORD
scatter them abroad
upon the face
of all the earth
.
These are the generations of Shem
: Shem
was an hundred
years
old
, and begat
Arphaxad
two years
after
the flood
:
And Shem lived
after
he begat
Arphaxad
five
hundred
years
, and begat
sons
and daughters
.
And Arphaxad lived
five
and thirty
years
, and begat
Salah
:
And Arphaxad lived
after
he begat
Salah
four
hundred
and three
years
, and begat
sons
and daughters
.
And Salah lived
thirty
years
, and begat
Eber
:
And Salah lived
after
he begat
Eber
four
hundred
and three
years
, and begat
sons
and daughters
.
And Eber lived
four
and thirty
years
, and begat
Peleg
:
And Eber lived
after
he begat
Peleg
four
hundred
and thirty
years
, and begat
sons
and daughters
.
And Peleg lived
thirty
years
, and begat
Reu
:
And Peleg lived
after
he begat
Reu
two hundred
and nine
years
, and begat
sons
and daughters
.
And Reu lived
two
and thirty
years
, and begat
Serug
:
And Reu lived
after
he begat
Serug
two hundred
and seven
years
, and begat
sons
and daughters
.
And Serug lived
thirty
years
, and begat
Nahor
:
And Serug lived
after
he begat
Nahor
two hundred
years
, and begat
sons
and daughters
.
And Nahor lived
nine
and twenty
years
, and begat
Terah
:
And Nahor lived
after
he begat
Terah
an hundred
and nineteen
years
, and begat
sons
and daughters
.
And Terah lived
seventy
years
, and begat
Abram
, Nahor
, and Haran
.
Now these are the generations of Terah
: Terah
begat
Abram
, Nahor
, and Haran
; and Haran
begat
Lot
.
And Haran died
before
his father
Terah
in the land
of his nativity
, in Ur
of the Chaldees
.
And Abram and Nahor
took
them 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 the father
of Iscah
.
But Sarai was barren
; she had no child
.
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
with them from Ur
of the Chaldees
, to go
into the land
of Canaan
; and they came
unto Haran
, and dwelt
there.
And the days of Terah
were two hundred
and five
years
: and Terah
died
in Haran
.