11Genesis 11

The Tower of Babel

1At first everyone spoke the same language,Select Genesis 11:1

2but after some of them moved from the east and settled in Babylonia,Select Genesis 11:2

4they said: Let's build a city with a tower that reaches to the sky! We'll use hard bricks and tar instead of stone and mortar. We'll become famous, and we won't be scattered all over the world.Select Genesis 11:4

5But when the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower,Select Genesis 11:5

6he said: These people are working together because they all speak the same language. This is just the beginning. Soon they will be able to do anything they want.Select Genesis 11:6

7Let's go down and confuse them! We'll make them speak different languages, and they won't be able to understand each other.Select Genesis 11:7

9So the people had to stop building the city, because the Lord confused their language and scattered them all over the earth. That's how the city of Babel got its name.Select Genesis 11:9

The Descendants of Shem

11Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100, he had a son named Arpachshad. He had more children and died at the age of 600. This is a list of his descendants:Select Genesis 11:11

12When Arpachshad was 35, he had a son named Shelah.Select Genesis 11:12

13Arpachshad had more children and died at the age of 438.Select Genesis 11:13

14When Shelah was 30, he had a son named Eber.Select Genesis 11:14

15Shelah had more children and died at the age of 433.Select Genesis 11:15

16When Eber was 34, he had a son named Peleg.Select Genesis 11:16

17Eber had more children and died at the age of 464.Select Genesis 11:17

18When Peleg was 30, he had a son named Reu.Select Genesis 11:18

19Peleg had more children and died at the age of 239.Select Genesis 11:19

20When Reu was 32 he had a son named Serug.Select Genesis 11:20

21Reu had more children and died at the age of 239.Select Genesis 11:21

22When Serug was 30, he had a son named Nahor.Select Genesis 11:22

23Serug had more children and died at the age of 230.Select Genesis 11:23

24When Nahor was 29, he had a son named Terah.Select Genesis 11:24

25Nahor had more children and died at the age of 148.Select Genesis 11:25

The Descendants of Terah

28After Terah was 70 years old, he had three sons: Abram, Nahor, and Haran, who became the father of Lot. Terah's sons were born in the city of Ur in Chaldea, and Haran died there before the death of his father. The following is the story of Terah's descendants.Select Genesis 11:28

30Abram married Sarai, but she was not able to have children. And Nahor married Milcah, who was the daughter of Haran and the sister of Iscah.Select Genesis 11:30

31Terah decided to move from Ur to the land of Canaan. He took along Abram and Sarai and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran. But when they came to the city of Haran, they settled there instead.Select Genesis 11:31

32Terah lived to be 205 years old and died in Haran.Select Genesis 11:32