(KJV) Genesis 11¹

⥃The Tower of Babel ^{[ Deuteronomy 32:8 † Acts 2:1–13 ]}

[1] And the whole earth was² of one language³, and of one speech⁴.⁵ [2] And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east⁶, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar⁷; and they dwelt there. [3] And they said one to another⁸, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly⁹. And they had brick¹⁰ for stone, and slime¹¹ had they for morter. [4] And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose¹² top [may reach] unto heaven; and let¹³ us make us a name, lest¹⁴ we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. [5] And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.¹⁵ [6] And the Lord said, Behold¹⁶, the people¹⁷ [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 imagined¹⁸ to do. [7] Go to¹⁹, let²⁰ us go down, and there confound²¹ their language, that they may²² not understand one another’s speech. [8] So the Lord²³ scattered them abroad from thence upon²⁴ the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. [9] Therefore is the name of it called Babel²⁵; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face²⁶ of all the earth.

⥃Genealogy from Shem to Abram ^{[ 1 Chronicles 1:17–27 ]}

[10] These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:²⁷ [11] And Shem²⁸ lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons²⁹ and daughters.³⁰ [12] And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat³¹ Salah:³² [13] And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.³³ [14] And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:³⁴ [15] And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.³⁵ [16] And Eber³⁶ lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg³⁷:³⁸ [17] And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.³⁹ [18] And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu⁴⁰:⁴¹ [19] And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.⁴² [20] And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug⁴³:⁴⁴ [21] And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.⁴⁵ [22] And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor⁴⁶:⁴⁷ [23] And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.⁴⁸ [24] And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah⁴⁹:⁵⁰ [25] And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.⁵¹ [26] And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram⁵², Nahor, and Haran.⁵³

⥃Terah’s Descendants

[27] Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot⁵⁴.⁵⁵ [28] And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur⁵⁶ of the Chaldees. [29] And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife [was] Sarai⁵⁷; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah⁵⁸, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah⁵⁹. [30] But Sarai was barren⁶⁰; she [had] no child. [31] And Terah took⁶¹ 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 went⁶² forth with them from Ur⁶³ of the Chaldees, to go into the land⁶⁴ of Canaan; and they came unto Haran⁶⁵, and dwelt there.⁶⁶ [32] And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. ⁶⁷