Genesis 11
The people of the earth, united in one language, built a city and tower in the land of Shinar, intending to reach heaven and make a name for themselves. God, seeing their unity and determination, decided to confound their language and scatter them across the earth, thus halting the construction of the city, which was then called Babel. The chapter then shifts to the genealogy of Shem, listing his descendants, including Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and their wives and children. The chapter concludes with Terah, Abram's father, leading his family from Ur of the Chaldeans to Haran, where he eventually dies.
Now the earth was of one language and of the same speechAnd when they were advancing from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt in itAnd each one said to his neighbor, "Come, let us make bricks, and bake them with fire." And they had bricks instead of stones, and pitch instead of mortarAnd they said: "Come, let us make a city and a tower, so that its height may reach to heaven. And let us make our name famous before we are divided into all the lands.Then the Lord descended to see the city and the tower, which the sons of Adam were buildingAnd he said: "Behold, the people are united, and all have one tongue. And since they have begun to do this, they will not desist from their plans, until they have completed their workTherefore, come, let us descend, and in that place confound their tongue, so that they may not listen, each one to the voice of his neighbor.And so the Lord divided them from that place into all the lands, and they ceased to build the cityAnd for this reason, its name was called ‘Babel,’ because in that place the language of the whole earth became confused. And from then on, the Lord scattered them across the face of every regionThese are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old when he conceived Arphaxad, two years after the great floodAnd after he conceived Arphaxad, Shem lived for five hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughtersNext, Arphaxad lived for thirty-five years, and then he conceived ShelahAnd after he conceived Shelah, Arphaxad lived for three hundred and three years, and he conceived sons and daughtersLikewise, Shelah lived for thirty years, and then he conceived EberAnd after he conceived Eber, Shelah lived for four hundred and three years, and he conceived sons and daughtersThen Eber lived for thirty-four years, and he conceived PelegAnd after he conceived Peleg, Eber lived for four hundred and thirty years, and he conceived sons and daughtersLikewise, Peleg lived for thirty years, and then he conceived ReuAnd after he conceived Reu, Peleg lived for two hundred and nine years, and he conceived sons and daughtersThen Reu lived for thirty-two years, and then he conceived SerugLikewise, after he conceived Serug, Reu lived for two hundred and seven years, and he conceived sons and daughtersIn truth, Serug lived for thirty years, and then he conceived NahorAnd after he conceived Nahor, Serug lived for two hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughtersAnd so Nahor lived for twenty-nine years, and then he conceived TerahAnd after he conceived Terah, Nahor lived for one hundred and nineteen years, and he conceived sons and daughtersAnd Terah lived for seventy years, and then he conceived Abram, and Nahor, and HaranAnd these are the generations of Terah. Terah conceived Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Next Haran conceived LotAnd Haran died before his father Terah, in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the ChaldeansThen Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai. And the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of IscahBut Sarai was barren and had no childrenAnd so Terah took his son Abram, and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and he led them away from Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. And they approached as far as Haran, and they dwelt thereAnd the days of Terah that passed were two hundred and five years, and then he died in Haran
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