The Tower of Babel (Deuteronomy 32:8; Acts 2:1–13)
1 WBS And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. BSB BSB: Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
2 WBS 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. BSB BSB: And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
3 WBS And they said one to another, come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. BSB BSB: And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
4 WBS And they said, come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we should be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. BSB BSB: “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
5 WBS And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men were building. BSB BSB: Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
6 WBS 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. BSB BSB: And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
7 WBS Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. BSB BSB: Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
8 WBS So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. BSB BSB: So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9 WBS Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the LORD there confounded the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. BSB BSB: That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
Genealogy from Shem to Abram (1 Chronicles 1:17–27)
11 WBS And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. BSB BSB: And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
13 WBS And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. BSB BSB: And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
14 WBS And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: BSB BSB: When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
15 WBS And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. BSB BSB: And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
16 WBS And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: BSB BSB: When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
17 WBS And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. BSB BSB: And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
18 WBS And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: BSB BSB: When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
19 WBS And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. BSB BSB: And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
20 WBS And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug. BSB BSB: When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
21 WBS And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. BSB BSB: And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
22 WBS And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: BSB BSB: When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
23 WBS And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. BSB BSB: And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
24 WBS And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah. BSB BSB: When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
25 WBS And Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. BSB BSB: And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
26 WBS And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. BSB BSB: When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Terah’s Descendants 27 WBS Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran: and Haran begat Lot. BSB BSB: This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
28 WBS And Haran died before his father Terah, in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. BSB BSB: During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 WBS 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. BSB BSB: And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
30 WBS But Sarai was barren; she had no child. BSB BSB: But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
32 WBS And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. BSB BSB: Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.