Christian Standard Bible

New American Standard Bible 1995

1The whole earth had the same language and vocabulary.

1Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words.

2As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.

2It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

3They said to each other, "Come, let us make oven-fired bricks." (They used brick for stone and asphalt for mortar.)

3They said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly." And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

4And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky. Let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered throughout the earth."

4They said, "Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."

5Then the LORD came down to look over the city and the tower that the humans were building.

5The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

6The LORD said, "If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

6The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.

7Come, let's go down there and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another's speech."

7"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech."

8So from there the LORD scattered them throughout the earth, and they stopped building the city.

8So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.

9Therefore it is called Babylon, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the LORD scattered them throughout the earth.

9Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.

10These are the family records of Shem. Shem lived 100 years and fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.

10These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;

11After he fathered Arpachshad, Shem lived 500 years and fathered other sons and daughters.

11and Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he had other sons and daughters.

12Arpachshad lived 35 years and fathered Shelah.

12Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah;

13After he fathered Shelah, Arpachshad lived 403 years and fathered other sons and daughters.

13and Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah, and he had other sons and daughters.

14Shelah lived 30 years and fathered Eber.

14Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber;

15After he fathered Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and fathered other sons and daughters.

15and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and he had other sons and daughters.

16Eber lived 34 years and fathered Peleg.

16Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg;

17After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and fathered other sons and daughters.

17and Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and he had other sons and daughters.

18Peleg lived 30 years and fathered Reu.

18Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu;

19After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and fathered other sons and daughters.

19and Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and he had other sons and daughters.

20Reu lived 32 years and fathered Serug.

20Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug;

21After he fathered Serug, Reu lived 207 years and fathered other sons and daughters.

21and Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and he had other sons and daughters.

22Serug lived 30 years and fathered Nahor.

22Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor;

23After he fathered Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and fathered other sons and daughters.

23and Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and he had other sons and daughters.

24Nahor lived 29 years and fathered Terah.

24Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah;

25After he fathered Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and fathered other sons and daughters.

25and Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and he had other sons and daughters.

26Terah lived 70 years and fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

26Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

27These are the family records of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran fathered Lot.

27Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot.

28Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans, during his father Terah's lifetime.

28Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

29Abram and Nahor took wives: Abram's wife was named Sarai, and Nahor's wife was named Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

29Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. 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 Iscah.

30Sarai was unable to conceive; she did not have a child.

30Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.

31Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and settled there.

32Terah lived 205 years and died in Haran.

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

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