Genesis 11:7–32

⁷“Come, ^alet Us go down and there ^bconfuse their ¹language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

⁸So the Lord ^ascattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.

⁹Therefore its name was called ^1aBabel, because there the Lord confused the ²language of the whole earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.

Descendants of Shem

^10aThese are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and ¹became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;

¹¹and Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹²Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah;

¹³and Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁴Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber;

¹⁵and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁶Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg;

¹⁷and Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁸Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu;

¹⁹and Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and he had other sons and daughters.

²⁰Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug;

²¹and Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and he had other sons and daughters.

²²Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor;

²³and Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and he had other sons and daughters.

²⁴Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of ^aTerah;

²⁵and Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and he had other sons and daughters.

²⁶Terah lived seventy years, and became ^athe father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

²⁷Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran; and ^aHaran became the father of ^bLot.

²⁸Haran died ¹in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in ^aUr of the Chaldeans.

²⁹Abram and ^aNahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was ^bSarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife was ^cMilcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah ¹and Iscah.

^30aSarai was barren; she had no child.

³¹Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went out ¹together from ^aUr of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and ²settled there.

³²The days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.