11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
11:1 Now the whole earth had one language and one speech.

11:2 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.
11:2 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.

11:3 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.
11:3 Then they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.

11:4 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.
11:4 And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."

11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
11:5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

11:6 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.
11:6 And the LORD said, "Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.

11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
11:7 "Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."

11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.

11:9 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.
11:9 Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

11:10 These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11:10 This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.

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

11:12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
11:12 Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Salah.

11:13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:13 After he begot Salah, Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

11:14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
11:14 Salah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.

11:15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:15 After he begot Eber, Salah lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
11:16 Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.

11:17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:17 After he begot Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.

11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
11:18 Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

11:19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:19 After he begot Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.

11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
11:20 Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.

11:21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:21 After he begot Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.

11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
11:22 Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.

11:23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:23 After he begot Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
11:24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.

11:25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:25 After he begot Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
11:26 Now Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

11:27 Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
11:27 This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.

11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

11:29 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.
11:29 Then Abram and Nahor took 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.

11:30 But Sarai was barren; she [had] no child.
11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

11:31 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.
11:31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.

11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
11:32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.