Berean Study Bible

New American Standard Bible 1995

1Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.

1Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words.

2And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

2It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

3And 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.

3They said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly." And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

4“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.”

4They said, "Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."

5Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

5The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

6And 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.

6The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.

7Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

7"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech."

8So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

8So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.

9That 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.

9Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.

10This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.

10These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;

11And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

11and Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he had other sons and daughters.

12When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.

12Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah;

13And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

13and Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah, and he had other sons and daughters.

14When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.

14Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber;

15And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

15and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and he had other sons and daughters.

16When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

16Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg;

17And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

17and Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and he had other sons and daughters.

18When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.

18Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu;

19And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

19and Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and he had other sons and daughters.

20When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.

20Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug;

21And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

21and Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and he had other sons and daughters.

22When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.

22Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor;

23And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

23and Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and he had other sons and daughters.

24When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.

24Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah;

25And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

25and Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and he had other sons and daughters.

26When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

26Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

27This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

27Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot.

28During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

28Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

29And 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.

29Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

30But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

30Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

31Terah 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 out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and settled there.

32Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

32The days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.

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