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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Genesis 11 GWT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GWT</a> > Genesis 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/10.htm" title="Genesis 10">◄</a> Genesis 11 <a href="../genesis/12.htm" title="Genesis 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">GOD'S WORD® Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The whole world had one language with a common vocabulary. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>As people moved toward the east, they found a plain in Shinar [Babylonia] and settled there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They said to one another, "Let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used bricks as stones and tar as mortar. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then they said, "Let's build a city for ourselves and a tower with its top in the sky. Let's make a name for ourselves so that we won't become scattered all over the face of the earth." <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the descendants of Adam were building. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The LORD said, "They are one people with one language. This is only the beginning of what they will do! Now nothing they plan to do will be too difficult for them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Let us go down there and mix up their language so that they won't understand each other." <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So the LORD scattered them all over the face of the earth, and they stopped building the city. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>This is why it was named Babel, because there the LORD turned the language of the whole earth into babble. From that place the LORD scattered them all over the face of the earth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>This is the account of Shem and his descendants. Two years after the flood when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>After he became the father of Arpachshad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Arpachshad was 35 years old when he became the father of Shelah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>After he became the father of Shelah, Arpachshad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Shelah was 30 years old when he became the father of Eber. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>After he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Eber was 34 years old when he became the father of Peleg. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>After he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Peleg was 30 years old when he became the father of Reu. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>After he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Reu was 32 years old when he became the father of Serug. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>After he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Serug was 30 years old when he became the father of Nahor. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>After he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Nahor was 29 years old when he became the father of Terah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>After he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Terah was 70 years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>This is the account of Terah and his descendants. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, his native land. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Both Abram and Nahor married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, daughter of Haran. (Haran was the father of Milcah and Iscah.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Sarai was not able to have children.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, wife of his son Abram. They set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came as far as Haran, they stayed there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Terah lived 205 years and died in Haran.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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