Read Genesis 11

World English Bible · 32 verses

1. ¹ The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. ⁷ Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. ¹² Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. ¹⁴ Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. ¹⁶ Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
17. ¹⁷ Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
18. ¹⁸ Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
19. ¹⁹ Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
20. ²⁰ Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
21. ²¹ Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
22. ²² Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
23. ²³ Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
24. ²⁴ Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
25. ²⁵ Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
26. ²⁶ Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
27. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
28. ²⁸ Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
29. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
30. ³⁰ Sarai was barren. She had no child.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
31. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
32. ³² The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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