And the whole earth had one language and one speech.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

And it happened, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and lived there.

And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

And they said to one another, Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and tar they had for mortar.

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower whose top may reach to heaven, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

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

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

And the LORD said, Behold, the people are one, and they all have one language; and this is what they begin to do: now nothing will be withheld from them which they have planned to do.

And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Therefore its name is called Babel, because the LORD confused the language of all the earth there, and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

These are the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.

These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

And Shem lived after he begot Arphaxad five hundred years and begot sons and daughters.

And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years and begot Salah.

And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

And Arphaxad lived after he begot Salah four hundred and three years and begot sons and daughters.

And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Salah lived thirty years and begot Eber.

And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

And Salah lived after he begot Eber four hundred and three years and begot sons and daughters.

And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Eber lived thirty-four years and begot Peleg.

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

And Eber lived after he begot Peleg four hundred and thirty years and begot sons and daughters.

And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Peleg lived thirty years and begot Reu.

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

And Peleg lived after he begot Reu two hundred and nine years and begot sons and daughters.

And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Reu lived thirty-two years and begot Serug.

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

And Reu lived after he begot Serug two hundred and seven years and begot sons and daughters.

And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Serug lived thirty years and begot Nahor.

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

And Serug lived after he begot Nahor two hundred years and begot sons and daughters.

And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Nahor lived twenty-nine years and begot Terah.

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

And Nahor lived after he begot Terah one hundred and nineteen years and begot sons and daughters.

And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Terah lived seventy years and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.

Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

And Abram and Nahor took wives for 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.

And Abram and Nahor took them wives: 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.

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

And Terah 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 forth with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and lived there.

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 Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.

And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.