Genesis, 11

1. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

1. The whole world had one language and a common speech.

2. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

2. As people moved from east, they found a plain in the country of Shinar where they settled.

3. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

3. They said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them in fire." They used brick for stone and bitumen for mortar.

4. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

4. They said also, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top reaching heaven; so that we may become a great people and not be scattered over the face of the earth!"

5. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

5. Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of man were building,

6. And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

6. and Yahweh said, "They are one people and they have one language. If they carry this through, nothing they decide to do from now on will be impossible.

7. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

7. Come! Let us go down and confuse their language so that they will no longer understand each other."

8. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

8. So Yahweh scattered them over all the earth and they stopped building the city.

9. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

9. That is why it was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth and from there Yahweh scattered them over the whole face of the earth.

10. These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

10. These are Shem's descendants: When Shem was a hundred years old he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the flood. After the birth of Arpachshad,

11. And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

11. Shem lived five hundred years and he had more sons and daughters.

12. And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

12. When Arpachshad was thirty-five years old he became the father of Shelah.

13. And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

13. After the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years and he had more sons and daughters.

14. And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

14. When Shelah was thirty years old he became the father of Eber. After the birth of Eber,

15. And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

15. Shelah lived four hundred and three years and he had more sons and daughters.

16. And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

16. When Eber was thirty-four years old he became the father of Peleg. After the birth of Peleg,

17. And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

17. Eber lived four hundred and thirty years and he had more sons and daughters.

18. And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

18. When Peleg was thirty years old he became the father of Reu;

19. And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

19. Peleg lived two hundred and nine years and he had more sons and daughters.

20. And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

20. When Reu was thirty-two years old he became the father of Serug;

21. And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

21. Reu lived two hundred and seven years and he had more sons and daughters.

22. And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

22. When Serug was thirty years old he became the father of Nahor. After the birth of Nahor,

23. And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

23. Serug lived two hundred years and he had more sons and daughters.

24. And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

24. When Nahor was twenty-nine years old he became the father of Terah. After the birth of Terah,

25. And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

25. Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen years and he had more sons and daughters.

26. And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

26. When Terah was seventy years old he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

27. Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

27. These are Terah's descendants: Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.

28. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

28. Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, Ur of the Chaldeans.

29. And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife [was] Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

29. Abram and Nahor both married: Abram's wife was called Sarai; Nahor's wife was called Milcah, the daughter of Haran, father of Milcah and Iscah.

30. But Sarai was barren; she [had] no child.

30. Sarai was barren, having no child.

31. And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

31. Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram, and made them leave Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But on arrival in Haran they settled there.

32. And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

32. Terah lived two hundred and five years; then he died in Haran.