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1 The
whole earth was of
one language and
of one speech.
2 As
they traveled
east,
they found a
plain in the land
of Shinar, and
they lived there.
3 They said to
one another, “Come,
let’s make bricks,
and burn them
thoroughly.” They had
brick for stone,
and they used tar
for mortar.
4 They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves
a city, and
a tower whose
top reaches to the
sky, and let’s
make a name
for ourselves,
lest we be
scattered abroad
on the surface
of the whole
earth.”
5 The
LORD came down
to see the
city and the
tower, which the
children of men
built.
6 The
LORD said, “Behold,
they are one
people, and they
all have one
language, and this
is what they
begin to do.
Now nothing will
be withheld from
them, which
they intend to do.
7 Come,
let’s go down,
and there confuse
their language,
that they may
not understand one
another’s speech.”
8 So
the LORD scattered
them abroad from
there on the
surface of all
the earth. They
stopped building
the city.
9 Therefore
its name was
called Babel, because
there the LORD
confused the
language of all
the earth. From
there, the LORD
scattered them
abroad on the
surface of all
the earth.
10 This
is the history
of the generations
of Shem: Shem
was one hundred
years old when
he became the
father of Arpachshad
two years after
the flood.
11 Shem
lived five hundred
years after he
became the father
of Arpachshad, and
became the father
of more sons
and daughters.
12 Arpachshad
lived thirty-five
years and became
the father of
Shelah.
13 Arpachshad
lived four hundred
three years after
he became the
father of Shelah,
and became the
father of more
sons and daughters.
14 Shelah
lived thirty years,
and became the
father of Eber.
15 Shelah
lived four hundred
three years after
he became the
father of Eber,
and became the
father of more
sons and daughters.
16 Eber
lived thirty-four
years, and became
the father of
Peleg.
17 Eber
lived four hundred
thirty years after
he became the
father of Peleg,
and became the
father of more
sons and daughters.
18 Peleg
lived thirty years,
and became the
father of Reu.
19 Peleg
lived two hundred
nine years after
he became the
father of Reu,
and became the
father of more
sons and daughters.
20 Reu
lived thirty-two
years, and became
the father of
Serug.
21 Reu
lived two hundred
seven years after
he became the
father of Serug,
and became the
father of more
sons and daughters.
22 Serug
lived thirty years,
and became the
father of Nahor.
23 Serug
lived two hundred
years after he
became the father
of Nahor, and
became the father
of more sons
and daughters.
24 Nahor
lived twenty-nine
years, and became
the father of
Terah.
25 Nahor
lived one hundred
nineteen years
after he became
the father of
Terah, and became
the father of
more sons and
daughters.
26 Terah
lived seventy
years, and became
the father
of Abram, Nahor,
and Haran.
27 Now this is
the history of
the generations of
Terah. Terah
became the father
of Abram, Nahor,
and Haran. Haran
became the father
of Lot.
28 Haran
died in the
land of his
birth, in Ur of
the Chaldees,
while his father
Terah was still alive.
29 Abram and
Nahor married wives.
The name of Abram’s
wife was Sarai,
and the name
of Nahor’s wife
was Milcah, the
daughter of Haran,
who was also
the father of
Iscah.
30 Sarai
was barren. She
had no child.
31 Terah
took Abram his son,
Lot the son
of Haran, his
son’s son, and
Sarai his
daughter-in-law, his
son Abram’s wife. They
went from Ur of
the Chaldees, to
go into the land
of Canaan. They
came to Haran
and lived there.
32 The
days of Terah
were two hundred
five years. Terah
died in Haran.