1The whole earth was of one language and of one speech. 2It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they lived there. 3They said one to another, “Come, let’s make brick, and burn them thoroughly.“ They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. 4They said, “Come, let’s build us a city, and a tower, whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.“
5Allah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. 6Allah said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do. 7Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.“ 8So Allah scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city. 9Therefore its name was called Babel, because Allah confused the language of all the earth, there. From there, Allah scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
10This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was 100 years old, and became the father of Arphaxad two years after the flood. 11Shem lived after he became the father of Arphaxad 500 years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
12Arphaxad lived 35 years, and became the father of Shelah. 13Arphaxad lived after he became the father of Shelah 403 years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
14Shelah lived 30 years, and became the father of Eber: 15and Shelah lived after he became the father of Eber 403 years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
16Eber lived 34 years, and became the father of Peleg. 17Eber lived after he became the father of Peleg 430 years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
18Peleg lived 30 years, and became the father of Reu. 19Peleg lived after he became the father of Reu 209 years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
20Reu lived 32 years, and became the father of Serug. 21Reu lived after he became the father of Serug 207 years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
22Serug lived 30 years, and became the father of Nahor. 23Serug lived after he became the father of Nahor 200 years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
24Nahor lived 29 years, and became the father of Terah. 25Nahor lived after he became the father of Terah 119 years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
26Terah lived 70 years, and became the father of Ibram, Nahor, and Haran.
27Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Ibram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lut. 28Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29Ibram and Nahor took wives. The name of Ibram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah Bint Haran who was also the father of Iscah. 30Sarai was barren. She had no child. 31Terah took Ibram his son, Lut Ibn Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Ibram’s wife. They went forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran, and lived there. 32The days of Terah were 205 years. Terah died in Haran.