8. So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9. Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. From there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
10. These are the generations of Shem.Shem was a hundred years old, and two years after the flood he became the father of Arphaxad.
11. Shem lived after the birth of Arphaxad five hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.
12. Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah.
13. Arphaxad lived after the birth of Shelah four hundred and three years, and had other sons and daughters.
14. Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
15. Shelah lived after the birth of Eber four hundred and three years, and had other sons and daughters.
16. Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
17. Eber lived after the birth of Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and had other sons and daughters.
18. Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.