Genesis Chapter 11

The Confusion of Languages

¹ The whole world was speaking the same language. ² As people spread east, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. ³ They said, “Let’s make bricks and fire them thoroughly.” They used brick for stone and tar for mortar. ⁴ “Let’s build a city and a tower that reaches the sky. Let’s make a name for ourselves so we won’t get scattered out all over the world.”

⁵ The LORD came down to see the city and tower they were building,

⁶ “They’re one set of people with the same language. They’re starting to do this, and they’ll be able to do anything they want to.   ⁷ Let’s confuse their language so they can’t understand each other.”

⁸ The LORD scattered them across the world, and they stopped building their city. ⁹ They called the city Babel because that’s where the LORD “confused” the language of the world.

Gen 11:1-9

¹⁰ Shem’s Generations

Shem was 100 years old when Arpachshad was born, two years after the flood. ¹¹ He lived 500 years after that and had sons and daughters.

¹² Arpachshad had lived 35 years when Shelah was born. ¹³ He lived 403 years after that and had sons and daughters.

¹⁴ Shelah had lived 30 years when Eber was born. ¹⁵ He lived 403 years after that and had sons and daughters.

¹⁶ Eber had lived 34 years when Peleg was born. ¹⁷ He lived 209 years after that and became the father of sons and daughters.   

Gen 11:10-17

¹⁸ Peleg had lived 30 years when Reu was born. ¹⁹ Peleg lived 209 years after that and had sons and daughters.

²⁰ Reu had lived 32 years when Serug was born. ²¹ He lived 207 years after that and had sons and daughters.

²² Serug had lived 30 years when Nahor was born. ²³ He lived 200 years after that and had sons and daughters.

²⁴ Nahor had lived 29 years when Terah was born. ²⁵ He lived 119 years after that and had sons and daughters.

²⁶ Terah had lived 70 years when Abram, Nahor, and Haran were born.                        

Gen 11:18-26

²⁷ Terah’s Generations

Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran father of Lot. ²⁸ Haran died before his father Terah in Ur of the Chaldeans, where he was born.

²⁹ Abram and Nahor married. Abram’s wife was Sarai; Nahor’s wife was Micah, daughter of Haran and sister of Iscah. ³⁰ Sarai couldn’t have children. ³¹ Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, and left Ur to settle in Canaan. They made it as far as Haran and lived there. ³² Terah died in Haran at age 205.                                                                                                

Gen 11:27-32