MLV(i)
1 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 And it happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone and they had tar for mortar.
4 And they said, Come, let us build a city for us and a tower and its top in the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, lest we are scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5 And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of man built.
6 And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people and they have all one language and this is what they begin to do. And now nothing will be withheld from them, which they propose to do. 7 Come, let Us go down there and confound their language, that they may not understand each other's speech.
8 So Jehovah scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because Jehovah confounded the language of all the earth there and Jehovah scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth from there.
10 These are the genealogies of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old and fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived five hundred years after he fathered Arpachshad and fathered more sons and daughters.
12 And Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and fathered Shelah. 13 And Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he had fathered Shelah and fathered more sons and daughters.
14 And Shelah lived thirty years and fathered Eber. 15 And Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he fathered Eber and he fathered more sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived thirty-four years and fathered Peleg. 17 And Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he fathered Peleg and fathered more sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years and fathered Reu. 19 And Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he fathered Reu and fathered more sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived thirty-two years and fathered Serug. 21 And Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he fathered Serug and fathered more sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years and fathered Nahor. 23 And Serug lived two hundred years after he fathered Nahor and fathered more sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived twenty-nine years and fathered Terah. 25 And Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen years after he fathered Terah and fathered more sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years and fathered Abram, Nahor and Haran.
27 Now these are the genealogies of Terah were : Terah fathered Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran fathered Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives to themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 30 And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Terah took 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 went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years and Terah died in Haran.
5 And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of man built.
6 And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people and they have all one language and this is what they begin to do. And now nothing will be withheld from them, which they propose to do. 7 Come, let Us go down there and confound their language, that they may not understand each other's speech.
8 So Jehovah scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because Jehovah confounded the language of all the earth there and Jehovah scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth from there.
10 These are the genealogies of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old and fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived five hundred years after he fathered Arpachshad and fathered more sons and daughters.
12 And Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and fathered Shelah. 13 And Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he had fathered Shelah and fathered more sons and daughters.
14 And Shelah lived thirty years and fathered Eber. 15 And Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he fathered Eber and he fathered more sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived thirty-four years and fathered Peleg. 17 And Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he fathered Peleg and fathered more sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years and fathered Reu. 19 And Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he fathered Reu and fathered more sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived thirty-two years and fathered Serug. 21 And Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he fathered Serug and fathered more sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years and fathered Nahor. 23 And Serug lived two hundred years after he fathered Nahor and fathered more sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived twenty-nine years and fathered Terah. 25 And Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen years after he fathered Terah and fathered more sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years and fathered Abram, Nahor and Haran.
27 Now these are the genealogies of Terah were : Terah fathered Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran fathered Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives to themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 30 And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Terah took 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 went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years and Terah died in Haran.