Genesis 11

The Tower of Babel

(Deuteronomy 32:8; Acts 2:1–13)

1Now the wholeH3605 worldH776 hadH1961 oneH259 languageH8193 and a commonH259 form of speechH1697. 2AndH1961 as people journeyedH5265 eastwardH6924,1 they foundH4672 a plainH1237 in the landH776 of ShinarH81522 and settledH3427 thereH8033.

3And they saidH559 toH413 oneH376 anotherH7453, “ComeH3051, let us makeH3835 bricksH3843 and bake themH8313 thoroughlyH8316.” So they usedH1961 brickH3843 instead of stoneH68, and tarH2564 instead of mortarH2563.

4“ComeH3051,” they saidH559, “let us buildH1129 for ourselves a cityH5892 with a towerH4026 that reachesH7218 to the heavensH8064, that we may makeH6213 a nameH8034 for ourselves and notH6435 be scatteredH6327 overH5921 the faceH6440 of allH3605 the earthH776.”

5Then the LORDH3068 came downH3381 to seeH7200 the cityH5892 and the towerH4026 thatH834 the sonsH1121 of menH120 were buildingH1129. 6And the LORDH3068 saidH559, “IfH2005 they have begunH2490 to doH6213 thisH2088 as oneH259 peopleH5971 speaking the sameH3605H259 languageH8193, thenH6258 nothingH3808H3605 they deviseH2161H6213 will be beyondH1219 them. 7ComeH3051, let Us go downH3381H8033 and confuseH1101 their languageH8193, so thatH834 they will notH3808 understandH8085 oneH376 another’sH7453 speechH8193.”

8So the LORDH3068 scattered themH6327 from thereH8033 overH5921 the faceH6440 of allH3605 the earthH776, and they stoppedH2308 buildingH1129 the cityH5892. 9That is whyH5921H3651 itH8034 is calledH7121 BabelH894,3 forH3588 thereH8033 the LORDH3068 confusedH1101 the languageH8193 of the wholeH3605 worldH776, and from that placeH8033 the LORDH3068 scattered themH6327 overH5921 the faceH6440 of allH3605 the earthH776.

Genealogy from Shem to Abram

(1 Chronicles 1:17–27)

10ThisH428 is the accountH8435 of ShemH8035. Two yearsH8141 afterH310 the floodH3999, when ShemH8035 was 100H3967 yearsH8141 oldH1121, he became the father ofH3205 ArphaxadH775. 11And afterH310 he had become the father ofH3205 ArphaxadH775, ShemH8035 livedH2421 500H2568H3967 yearsH8141 and hadH3205 other sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323.

12When ArphaxadH775 wasH2421 35H2568H7970 years oldH8141, he became the father ofH3205 ShelahH7974. 13And afterH310 he had become the father ofH3205 ShelahH7974, ArphaxadH775 livedH2421 403H7969H702H3967 yearsH8141 and hadH3205 other sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323.4

14When ShelahH7974 wasH2421 30H7970 years oldH8141, he became the father ofH3205 EberH5677. 15And afterH310 he had become the father ofH3205 EberH5677, ShelahH7974 livedH2421 403H702H3967H7969H8141 yearsH8141 and hadH3205 other sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323.

16When EberH5677 wasH2421 34H702H7970 years oldH8141, he became the father ofH3205 PelegH6389. 17And afterH310 he had become the father ofH3205 PelegH6389, EberH5677 livedH2421 430H7970H702H3967H8141 yearsH8141 and hadH3205 other sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323.

18When PelegH6389 wasH2421 30H7970 years oldH8141, he became the father ofH3205 ReuH7466. 19And afterH310 he had become the father ofH3205 ReuH7466, PelegH6389 livedH2421 209H8672H3967H8141 yearsH8141 and hadH3205 other sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323.

20When ReuH7466 wasH2421 32H8147H7970 years oldH8141, he became the father ofH3205 SerugH8286. 21And afterH310 he had become the father ofH3205 SerugH8286, ReuH7466 livedH2421 207H7651H3967H8141 yearsH8141 and hadH3205 other sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323.

22When SerugH8286 wasH2421 30H7970 years oldH8141, he became the father ofH3205 NahorH5152. 23And afterH310 he had become the father ofH3205 NahorH5152, SerugH8286 livedH2421 200H3967 yearsH8141 and hadH3205 other sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323.

24When NahorH5152 wasH2421 29H8672H6242 years oldH8141, he became the father ofH3205 TerahH8646. 25And afterH310 he had become the father ofH3205 TerahH8646, NahorH5152 livedH2421 119H8672H6240H3967H8141 yearsH8141 and hadH3205 other sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323.

26When TerahH8646 wasH2421 70H7657 years oldH8141, he became the father ofH3205 AbramH87, NahorH5152, and HaranH2039.

Terah’s Descendants

27ThisH428 is the accountH8435 of TerahH8646. TerahH8646 became the father ofH3205 AbramH87, NahorH5152, and HaranH2039. And HaranH2039 became the father ofH3205 LotH3876. 28DuringH5921H6440 his fatherH1 Terah’s lifetimeH8646, HaranH2039 diedH4191 in his nativeH4138 landH776, in UrH218 of the ChaldeansH3778.

29And AbramH87 and NahorH5152 tookH3947 wivesH802 for themselves. Abram’sH87 wifeH802 was namedH8034 SaraiH8297, and Nahor’sH5152 wifeH802 was namedH8034 MilcahH4435; she was the daughterH1323 of HaranH2039, who was the fatherH1 of both MilcahH4435H1 and IscahH3252. 30But SaraiH8297 wasH1961 barrenH6135; she had noH369 childrenH2056.

31And TerahH8646 tookH3947 his sonH1121 AbramH87, his grandsonH1121 LotH3876 sonH1121 of HaranH2039, andH853 his daughter-in-lawH3618 SaraiH8297 the wifeH802 of AbramH87, and they set outH3318H854 from UrH218 of the ChaldeansH3778 forH1980 the landH776 of CanaanH3667. But when they arrivedH935 inH5704 HaranH2771, they settledH3427 thereH8033. 32TerahH8646 livedH1961H3117 205H2568H3967H8141 yearsH8141, and he diedH4191H8646 in HaranH2771.