1. And the kol HaAretz was of one language and of devarim achadim (common words).
2. And it came to pass, as they migrated from the east, that they found a plain in Eretz Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3. And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and bake them thoroughly. And they had brick for even (stone), and bitumen had they for mortar.
4. And they said, Come, let us build us an Ir and a Migdal, whose rosh (top) may reach unto Shomayim; and let us make us a shem, otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of kol HaAretz.
5. And Hashem came down to see the Ir and the Migdal, which Bnei HaAdam built.
6. And Hashem said, See, the Am is echad and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be impossible for them, which they have proposed to do.
7. Come, let Us go down, and there confuse their sefat, that they may not understand one another's language.
8. So Hashem scattered them abroad from there upon the face of kol Ha'Aretz; and they left off building the Ir.
9. Therefore is the shem of it called Babel; because Hashem did there confuse the language of kol Ha'Aretz; and from there did Hashem scatter them abroad upon the face of kol Ha'Aretz.
10. These are the toldot of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and fathered Arpachshad two years after the mabbul;
11. And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad five hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot.
12. And Arpachshad lived five and thirty shanah, and fathered Salah;
13. And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelach four hundred and three shanim, and fathered banim and banot.
14. And Shelach lived thirty shanah, and fathered Ever;
15. And Shelach lived after he fathered Ever four hundred and three shanah, and fathered banim and banot.