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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Genesis 11 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</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" /></head><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="/bmcc/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="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NRSVCE</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Tower of Babel</span></h3><p class="chapter-2"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>And as they migrated from the east,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-269a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>And the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> said, “Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>So the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>Therefore it was called Babel, because there the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> confused<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-276b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> the language of all the earth; and from there the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Descendants of Shem</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>These are the descendants of Shem. When Shem was one hundred years old, he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>and Shem lived after the birth of Arpachshad five hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>When Arpachshad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>and Arpachshad lived after the birth of Shelah four hundred three years, and had other sons and daughters.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>and Shelah lived after the birth of Eber four hundred three years, and had other sons and daughters.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>and Eber lived after the birth of Peleg four hundred thirty years, and had other sons and daughters.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>and Peleg lived after the birth of Reu two hundred nine years, and had other sons and daughters.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>and Reu lived after the birth of Serug two hundred seven years, and had other sons and daughters.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>and Serug lived after the birth of Nahor two hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>and Nahor lived after the birth of Terah one hundred nineteen years, and had other sons and daughters.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>When Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Descendants of Terah</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>Now these are the descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>Abram and Nahor took wives; the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran, they settled there. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">32</span>The days of Terah were two hundred five years; and Terah died in Haran.</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 11:2">Genesis 11:2</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>migrated eastward</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 11:9">Genesis 11:9</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>balal</i>, meaning <i>to confuse</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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