1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. Many Bible Versions
2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. Many Bible Versions
3And 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. Many Bible Versions
4And 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. Many Bible Versions
5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. Many Bible Versions
6And 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. Many Bible Versions
7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. Many Bible Versions
8So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Many Bible Versions
9Therefore 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. Many Bible Versions
10These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: Many Bible Versions
11And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. Many Bible Versions
12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: Many Bible Versions
13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. Many Bible Versions
14And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: Many Bible Versions
15And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. Many Bible Versions
16And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: Many Bible Versions
17And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. Many Bible Versions
18And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: Many Bible Versions
19And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. Many Bible Versions
20And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: Many Bible Versions
21And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. Many Bible Versions
22And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: Many Bible Versions
23And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. Many Bible Versions
24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: Many Bible Versions
25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. Many Bible Versions
26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Many Bible Versions
27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. Many Bible Versions
28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. Many Bible Versions
29And 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. Many Bible Versions
30But Sarai was barren; she had no child. Many Bible Versions
31And 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. Many Bible Versions
32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. Many Bible Versions