Chapter 11

1 In all the earth there was one language and one dialect.

2 And when they came from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.

3 And they said to one another, Let us make bricks, and burn them with fire. And they made bricks instead of stones, and pitch of earth instead of lime.

4 And they said, Let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the height of which shall reach to heaven, and let us make a name for ourselves, before we are scattered over the face of all the earth.

5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men were building.

6 And the Lord said, Behold, there is one people, and they all have one language; and this is what they have begun to do, and they will not depart from what they have planned to do;

7 And let us go down, and there confuse their language, that the one may not understand the speech of the other.

8 And the Lord scattered them from thence into all the earth; and they ceased to build the city [and the tower].

9 Wherefore it was given a name, Babylon, for there the LORD confused the language of all the earth, and from thence the LORD scattered them over all the earth.

10 This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad, two years after the flood;

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

12 And Arphaxad lived thirty-five [135] years, and begat [Cainan, and after the begat of Cainan, Arphaxad lived three hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters, and died.

13 And after the birth of Shelah, Arphaxad [Cainan] lived four hundred and three [330] years, and begat sons and daughters.

14 And Salah lived thirty [130] years, and begat Eber.

15 And after he begat Eber, Salah lived four hundred and three [330] years, and begat sons and daughters.

16 And Eber lived thirty-four [134] years, and begat Peleg.

17 And after the begat Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty [370] years, and begat sons and daughters.

18 And Peleg lived thirty [130] years, and begat Ragau.

19 And after the begat of Ragau Peleg lived two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

20 And Ragau lived thirty-two [132] years, and begat Seruch.