7. Come, let Us go down there and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
8. So from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city.
9. Therefore its name is called Babylon, for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
10. These are the family records of Shem. Shem lived 100 years and fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.
11. After he fathered Arpachshad, Shem lived 500 years and fathered other sons and daughters.
12. Arpachshad lived 35 years and fathered Shelah.
13. After he fathered Shelah, Arpachshad lived 403 years and fathered other sons and daughters.
14. Shelah lived 30 years and fathered Eber.
15. After he fathered Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and fathered other sons and daughters.
16. Eber lived 34 years and fathered Peleg.
17. After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and fathered other sons and daughters.
18. Peleg lived 30 years and fathered Reu.
19. After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and fathered other sons and daughters.
20. Reu lived 32 years and fathered Serug.