Genesis 11

¹Then the whole earth was of one language and one speache.

²And as they went from the East, they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and there they abode.

³And they said one to another, Come, let vs make bricke, and burne it in the fire. So they had bricke for stone, and slime had they in steade of morter.

⁴Also they said, Goe to, let vs builde vs a citie and a towre, whose top may reache vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a name, lest we be scattered vpon the whole earth.

⁵But the Lord came downe, to see the citie and towre, which the sonnes of men builded.

⁶And the Lord said, Beholde, the people is one, and they all haue one language, and this they begin to doe, neither can they now be stopped from whatsoeuer they haue imagined to do.

⁷Come on, let vs goe downe, and there confound their language, that euery one perceiue not anothers speache.

⁸So ye Lord scattered them from thence vpon all the earth, and they left off to build the citie.

⁹Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because the Lord did there confounde the language of all the earth: from thence then did the Lord scatter them vpon all the earth.

¹⁰These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundreth yeere olde, and begate Arpachshad two yeere after the flood.

¹¹And Shem liued, after he begate Arpachshad, fiue hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

¹²Also Arpachshad liued fiue and thirtie yeeres, and begate Shelah.

¹³And Arpachshad liued, after he begate Shelah, foure hundreth and three yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

¹⁴And Shelah liued thirtie yeeres, and begat Eber.

¹⁵So Shelah liued, after he begat Eber, foure hundreth and three yeeres, and begat sonnes and daughters.

¹⁶Likewise Eber liued foure and thirtie yeres, and begate Peleg.

¹⁷So Eber liued, after he begate Peleg, foure hundreth and thirtie yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters

¹⁸And Peleg liued thirtie yeeres, and begate Reu.

¹⁹And Peleg liued, after he begate Reu, two hundreth and nine yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

²⁰Also Reu liued two and thirtie yeeres, and begate Serug.

²¹So Reu liued, after he begate Serug, two hundreth and seuen yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

²²Moreouer Serug liued thirtie yeeres, and begate Nahor.

²³And Serug liued, after he begate Nahor, two hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

²⁴And Nahor liued nine and twentie yeeres, and begate Terah.

²⁵So Nahor liued, after he begate Terah, an hundreth and nineteene yeeres, and begat sonnes and daughters.

²⁶So Terah liued seuentie yeeres, and begate Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

²⁷Nowe these are the generations of Terah: Terah begate Abram, Nahor, and Haran: and Haran begate Lot.

²⁸Then Haran died before Terah his father in the land of his natiuitie, in Vr of the Caldees.

²⁹So Abram and Nahor tooke them wiues. The name of Abrams wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahors wife Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

³⁰But Sarai was barren, and had no childe.

³¹Then Terah tooke Abram his sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran, his sonnes sonne, and Sarai his daughter in lawe, his sonne Abrams wife: and they departed together from Vr of the Caldees, to goe into the land of Canaan, and they came to Haran, and dwelt there.

³²So the dayes of Terah were two hundreth and fiue yeeres, and Terah died in Haran.

Genesis 11

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

¹⁴And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

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

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

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

¹⁸And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

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

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

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

²²And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

³⁰But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

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.

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