Genesis 11 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Tower of Babel

Now the whole^H3605 earth^H776 [fn]had^H1961 the same^H259 language^H8193 and [fn]the same^H259 words^H1697.

Gen 11:2And it happened as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and [fn]settled there.

Gen 11:3Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and they had tar for mortar.

Gen 11:4

Gen 11:4And they 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, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

Gen 11:5

Gen 11:5Then Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

Gen 11:6

Gen 11:6And Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have [fn]the same language. And this is what they have begun to do. So now nothing which they purpose to do will be [fn]impossible for them.

Gen 11:7

Gen 11:7“Come, let Us go down and there confuse their [fn]language, so that they will not understand one another’s [fn]language.”

Gen 11:8

Gen 11:8So Yahweh scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.

Gen 11:9

Gen 11:9Therefore its name was called [fn]Babel, because there Yahweh confused the [fn]language of the whole earth; and from there Yahweh scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

The Generations of Shem

(1Ch 1:17–27; Luk 3:34–36 )

Gen 11:10

These^H428 are the generations^H8435 of Shem^H8035. Shem^H8035 was 100^H3967 years^H8141 old^H1121 and [fn]became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Arpachshad^H775 two years^H8141 after^H310 the flood^H3999;

Gen 11:11

Gen 11:11and Shem lived 500 years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

Gen 11:12

And Arpachshad^H775 lived^H2421 35^H7970^H2568 years^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Shelah^H7974;

Gen 11:13

Gen 11:13and Arpachshad lived 403 years after he became the father of Shelah, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

Gen 11:14

And Shelah^H7974 lived^H2421 30^H7970 years^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Eber^H5677;

Gen 11:15

Gen 11:15and Shelah lived 403 years after he became the father of Eber, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

Gen 11:16

And Eber^H5677 lived^H2421 34^H7970^H702 years^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Peleg^H6389;

Gen 11:17

Gen 11:17and Eber lived 430 years after he became the father of Peleg, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

Gen 11:18

And Peleg^H6389 lived^H2421 30^H7970 years^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Reu^H7466;

Gen 11:19

Gen 11:19and Peleg lived 209 years after he became the father of Reu, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

Gen 11:20

And Reu^H7466 lived^H2421 32^H7970^H8147 years^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Serug^H8286;

Gen 11:21

Gen 11:21and Reu lived 207 years after he became the father of Serug, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

Gen 11:22

And Serug^H8286 lived^H2421 30^H7970 years^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Nahor^H5152;

Gen 11:23

Gen 11:23and Serug lived 200 years after he became the father of Nahor, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

Gen 11:24

Nahor^H5152 lived^H2421 29^H6242^H8672 years^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Terah^H8646;

Gen 11:25

Gen 11:25and Nahor lived 119 years after he became the father of Terah, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

Gen 11:26

And Terah^H8646 lived^H2421 70^H7657 years^H8141 and became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Abram^H87, Nahor^H5152, and Haran^H2039.

The Generations of Terah

Gen 11:27

Now these^H428 are the generations^H8435 of Terah^H8646. Terah^H8646 became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Abram^H87, Nahor^H5152, and Haran^H2039; and Haran^H2039 became^H3205 the father^H3205 of Lot^H3876.

Gen 11:28

Gen 11:28And Haran died [fn]in the presence of Terah his father in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

Gen 11:29

Gen 11:29Abram 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 the father of Iscah.

Gen 11:30

Gen 11:30And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Gen 11:31

And Terah^H8646 took^H3947 Abram^H87 his son^H1121, and Lot^H3876 the son^H1121 of Haran^H2039, his grandson^H1121, and Sarai^H8297 his daughter-in-law^H3618, his son^H1121 Abram’s^H87 wife^H802; and they went^H3318 out^H3318 [fn]together^H854 from Ur^H218 of the Chaldeans^H3778 in order to go^H1980 to the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667; and they came^H935 as far^H5704 as Haran^H2771 and [fn]settled^H3427 there^H8033.