011:002 It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there. 011:003 They said one to another, "Come, let's make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. 011:004 They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth." 011:005 Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. 011:006 Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do. 011:007 Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech." 011:008 So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city. 011:009 Therefore the name of it 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. 011:010 This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood. 011:011 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of sons and daughters. 011:012 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah. 011:013 Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of sons and daughters. 011:014 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber: 011:015 and Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of sons and daughters. 011:016 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg. 011:017 Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of sons and daughters. 011:018 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu. 011:019 Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of sons and daughters. 011:020 Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug. 011:021 Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of sons and daughters. 011:022 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor. 011:023 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of sons and daughters. 011:024 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah. 011:025 Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of sons and daughters.