7. Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand each other’s language.”
8. So Yahweh scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city.
9. Therefore its name was called Babel, for there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth, and there Yahweh scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
10. These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was one hundred years old, he fathered Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
11. And Shem lived five hundred years after he fathered Arphaxad, and he fathered other sons and daughters.
12. When Arphaxad had lived thirty-five years, he fathered Shelah.
13. And Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years after he fathered Shelah, and he fathered other sons and daughters.
14. When Shelah had lived thirty years, he fathered Eber.
15. And Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he fathered Eber, and he fathered other sons and daughters.
16. When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he fathered Peleg.
17. And Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he fathered Peleg, and he fathered other sons and daughters.
18. When Peleg had lived thirty years, he fathered Reu.
19. And Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he fathered Reu, and he fathered other sons and daughters.
20. When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he fathered Serug.
21. And Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he fathered Serug, and he fathered other sons and daughters.
22. When Serug had lived thirty years, he fathered Nahor.
23. And Serug lived two hundred years after he fathered Nahor, and he fathered other sons and daughters.