111 Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words . 2 It came about as they journeyed east , that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there . 3 They said to one another , "Come , let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly ." And they used brick for stone , and they used tar for mortar . 4 They said , "Come , let us build for ourselves a city , and a tower whose top will reach into heaven , and let us make for ourselves a name , otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth ."
5 The Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built . 6 The Lord said , "Behold , they are one people , and they all have the same language . And this is what they began to do , and now nothing e which they purpose to do will be impossible for them. 7 "Come , let Us go down and there confuse their language , so that they will not understand one another's speech ." 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth ; and they stopped building the city . 9 Therefore e its name was called Babel , because there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth ; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth .
10 These are the records of the generations of Shem . Shem was one hundred years old , and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood ; 11 and Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad , and he had other sons and daughters . 12 Arpachshad lived thirty-five e years , and became the father of Shelah ; 13 and Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah , and he had other sons and daughters . 14 Shelah lived thirty years , and became the father of Eber ; 15 and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber , and he had other sons and daughters . 16 Eber lived thirty-four e years , and became the father of Peleg ; 17 and Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg , and he had other sons and daughters . 18 Peleg lived thirty years , and became the father of Reu ; 19 and Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu , and he had other sons and daughters . 20 Reu lived thirty-two e years , and became the father of Serug ; 21 and Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug , and he had other sons and daughters . 22 Serug lived thirty years , and became the father of Nahor ; 23 and Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor , and he had other sons and daughters . 24 Nahor lived twenty-nine e years , and became the father of Terah ; 25 and Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen e years after he became the father of Terah , and he had other sons and daughters . 26 Terah lived seventy years , and became the father of Abram , Nahor and Haran .
27 Now these are the records of the generations of Terah . Terah became the father of Abram , Nahor and Haran ; and Haran became the father of Lot . 28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth , in Ur of the Chaldeans . 29 Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai ; and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah , the daughter of Haran , the father of Milcah and Iscah . 30 Sarai was barren ; she had no child . 31 Terah 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 together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan ; and they went as far as Haran , and settled there . 32 The days of Terah were two hundred and five years ; and Terah died in Haran .
