Genesis 11

CHAPTER 11

Tower of Confusion

1And [⁴was ¹all ²the ³earth ⁶lip ⁵one], and [²voice ¹one] to all. 2And it came to pass in   their moving from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 3And [²said ¹a man]   to his neighbor, Come let us make bricks, and let us bake them in fire. And [³became ⁴to them ¹the ²brick] as stone, and asphalt was their   mortar. 4And they said, Come let us build to ourselves a city and tower of which the top will be unto the heaven. And let us make to ourselves a name before the being scattered upon the face of all the earth. 5And the lord went down to look at the city and the tower, which [⁴built ¹the ²sons   ³of men]. 6And the lord said, Behold, there is  [²kind ¹one] and [²lip ¹one] for all, and this they began to do. The things  now shall not fail from them, all as much as they might attempt to do. 7Come, and going down, let us confound their language, that they should not [²hearken to ¹each] the voice of the neighbor. 8And the lord scattered them from there upon the face of all the earth; and they ceased building the city and the tower. 9On account of this [⁴was called ¹the ²name ³of it] Confusion, because there the lord confounded the lips of all the earth, and from there [³scattered ⁴them ¹the ² lord] upon the face of all the earth.

Generations of Shem

10And these are the generations of Shem. And Shem was a hundred years old  when he procreated   Arphaxad, the second year after the flood. 11And Shem lived after   his procreating   Arphaxad, five and thirty and three-hundred years, and he procreated sons and daughters, and he died. 12And Arphaxad lived a hundred thirty five years, and he procreated   Cainan. 13And Arphaxad lived after   his procreating   Cainan, [³years ¹three hundred ²thirty], and he procreated sons and daughters, and he died. And Cainan lived a hundred and thirty years, and he procreated   Salah. And Cainan lived after   his procreating   Salah, [³years ¹three hundred ²thirty], and he procreated sons and daughters, and he died. 14And Salah lived a hundred thirty years, and he procreated   Eber. 15And Salah lived after   his procreating   Eber, three hundred thirty years, and he procreated sons and daughters, and he died. 16And Eber lived a hundred thirty four years, and he procreated   Peleg. 17And Eber lived after   his procreating   Peleg, [³years ¹three hundred ²seventy], and he procreated sons and daughters, and he died. 18And Peleg lived thirty and a hundred years, and he procreated   Reu. 19And Peleg lived after   his procreating   Reu, nine and two hundred years, and he procreated sons and daughters, and he died. 20And Reu lived a hundred thirty and two years. and he procreated   Serug. 21And Reu lived after   his procreating   Serug two hundred seven years, and he procreated sons and daughters, and he died. 22And Serug lived a hundred thirty years, and he procreated   Nahor. 23And Serug lived after   his procreating   Nahor, [²years ¹two hundred], and he procreated sons and daughters, and he died. 24And Nahor lived [³years ¹seventy ²nine], and he procreated   Terah. 25And Nahor lived after   his procreating   Terah, [³years ¹a hundred ²twenty-nine], and he procreated sons and daughters, and he died. 26And Terah lived seventy years and he procreated   Abram and   Nahor and   Haran.

Generations of Terah

27And these are  the generations of Terah. Terah procreated   Abram, and   Nahor, and   Haran. And Haran procreated   Lot. 28And Haran died in the presence of Terah   his father, in the land in which he was procreated, in the region of the Chaldeans. 29And [⁴took ¹Abram ²and ³Nahor] to themselves wives. The name of the wife of Abram was Sarai, and the name of the wife of Nahor was Milcha, daughter of Haran. And he was the  father of Milcha, and father of Iscah. 30And Sarai was sterile, and not able to produce children. 31And Terah took   Abram his son, and   Lot the son of Haran, the son   of his son, and   Sarai   his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram   his son. And he led them from out of the region of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan. And they came unto Haran and dwelt there. 32And were the days of Terah in Haran, two hundred five years; and Terah died in Haran.