Genesis 11

God's Intervention Genesis 11:5–7

⁵Verse 5. Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. ⁶Verse 6. Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do. ⁷Verse 7. Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

The Consequence of Confusion Genesis 11:8–9

⁸Verse 8. So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city. ⁹Verse 9. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

Genealogy of Shem Genesis 11:10–26

¹⁰Verse 10. This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood. ¹¹Verse 11. Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters. ¹²Verse 12. Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah. ¹³Verse 13. Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters. ¹⁴Verse 14. Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber. ¹⁵Verse 15. Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

¹⁶Verse 16. Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg. ¹⁷Verse 17. Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters. ¹⁸Verse 18. Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu. ¹⁹Verse 19. Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters. ²⁰Verse 20. Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug. ²¹Verse 21. Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

²²Verse 22. Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor. ²³Verse 23. Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters. ²⁴Verse 24. Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah. ²⁵Verse 25. Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters. ²⁶Verse 26. Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Terah's Family and Journey Genesis 11:27–32

²⁷Verse 27. Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot. ²⁸Verse 28. Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. ²⁹Verse 29. Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah. ³⁰Verse 30. Sarai was barren. She had no child. ³¹Verse 31. Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.

³²Verse 32. The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.