11:1 At that time all the people
had
one language
and
a common purpose.
11:2 Then some travelled eastward
and
found a valley in
and
there they settled.
11:3 They said to one another:
Let’s
make bricks
and
bake them completely.
So
they used brick instead of stone
and
used tar for mortar.
11:4 Then they said:
Let’s
build a city
with
a tower top that reaches the sky
to
make a name for ourselves.
Otherwise
we will be
spread
all over the land.
11:5 But Yahweh looked down
to
and the tower the people were building.
11:6 And Yahweh declared:
If
the people are united
and
speak the same language
have
begun to do this
nothing
they plan to do
will
be impossible.
11:7 Let us go down
and
mix their language
so
they won’t understand each other.
11:8 Because of Yahweh
they
became spread out
throughout
all the land
and
stopped building the city.
11:9 Thus it was named
because
there Yahweh mixed
the
language of the whole land.
Thus
Yahweh spread them out
throughout
the lands of the region.
11:10 This is the lineage of Shem:
Shem
was 100 years old when he
brought
forth Arphaxad.
This
was two years after the flood.
11:11 After bringing forth Arphaxad
Shem
lived for 500 years
and
had other sons and daughters.
11:12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old
he
brought forth Shelah.
11:13 After bringing forth Shelah
Arphaxad
lived for 403 years
and
had other sons and daughters.
11:14 When Shelah was 30 years old
he
brought forth Eber.
11:15 After bringing forth Eber
Shelah
lived 403 years and
had
other sons and daughters.
11:16 When Eber was 34 years old
he
brought forth Peleg.
11:17 After bringing forth Peleg
Eber
lived 430 years
and
had other sons and daughters.
11:18 When Peleg was 30 years old
he
brought forth Reu.
11:19 After bringing forth Reu
Peleg
lived 209 years
and
had other sons and daughters.
11:20 When Reu was 32 years old
he
brought forth Serug.
11:21 After he brought forth Serug
Reu
lived 207 years
and
had other sons and daughters.
11:22 When Serug was 30 years old
he
brought forth Nahor.
11:23 After he brought forth Nahor
Serug
lived 200 years
and
had other sons and daughters.
11:24 When Nahor was 29 years old
he
brought forth Terah.
11:25 After bringing forth Terah
Nahor
lived 119 years
and
had other sons and daughters.
11:26 When Terah was 70 years old
he
brought forth Abram, Nahor and
11:27 This is the account of Terah's ancestry:
Terah
brought forth Abram, Nahor and
Then
11:28 While his father Terah was still alive
in
the land he was born.
11:29 Abram and Nahor both married.
The
name of Abram's wife was Sarai
and
the name of Nahor's wife was Milkah
she
was the daughter of
the
father of both Milkah and Iskah.
11:30 Sarai was childless
she
was not able to conceive.
11:31 Terah took his son Abram
his
grandson Lot son of
and
his daughter-in-law Sarai
the
wife of his son Abram
and
together they traveled
from
the Chaldeans’
When
they came to
they
settled there.
11:32 Terah lived 205 years
and
passed away in
