Genesis 11 — WEBC

11Verse 1The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.^{Verse 2}As they traveled east,⁺they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.^{Verse 3}They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.^{Verse 4}They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”^{Verse 5}The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.^{Verse 6}The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.^{Verse 7}Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”^{Verse 8}So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.^{Verse 9}Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.^{Verse 10}This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.^{Verse 11}Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.^{Verse 12}Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.^{Verse 13}Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.^{Verse 14}Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.^{Verse 15}Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.^{Verse 16}Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.^{Verse 17}Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.^{Verse 18}Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.^{Verse 19}Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.^{Verse 20}Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.^{Verse 21}Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.^{Verse 22}Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.^{Verse 23}Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.^{Verse 24}Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.^{Verse 25}Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.^{Verse 26}Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.^{Verse 27}Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.^{Verse 28}Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.^{Verse 29}Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.^{Verse 30}Sarai was barren. She had no child.^{Verse 31}Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.^{Verse 32}The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.