Genesis 11

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.	1 The whole world spoke the same language, with the same vocabulary.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.	2 Now, as people moved eastwards they found a valley in the land of Shinar where they settled.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.	3 They said to one another, 'Come, let us make bricks and bake them in the fire.' For stone they usedbricks, and for mortar they used bitumen.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.	4 'Come,' they said, 'let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top reaching heaven. Let us makea name for ourselves, so that we do not get scattered all over the world.'
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.	5 Now Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower that the people had built.
6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.	6 'So they are al a single people with a single language!' said Yahweh. 'This is only the start of theirundertakings! Now nothing they plan to do wil be beyond them.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.	7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that they cannot understand one another.'
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.	8 Yahweh scattered them thence all over the world, and they stopped building the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.	9 That is why it was cal ed Babel, since there Yahweh confused the language of the whole world, andfrom there Yahweh scattered them al over the world.
10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:	10 These are Shem's descendants: When Shem was a hundred years old he fathered Arpachshad, twoyears after the flood.
11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.	11 After the birth of Arpachshad, Shem lived five hundred years and fathered sons and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:	12 When Arpachshad was thirty-five years old he fathered Shelah.
13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.	13 After the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years and fathered sons anddaughters.
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:	14 When Shelah was thirty years old he fathered Eber.
15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.	15 After the birth of Eber, Shelah lived four hundred and three years and fathered sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:	16 When Eber was thirty-four years old he fathered Peleg.
17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.	17 After the birth of Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years and fathered sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:	18 When Peleg was thirty years old he fathered Reu.
19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.	19 After the birth of Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years and fathered sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:	20 When Reu was thirty-two years old he fathered Serug.
21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.	21 After the birth of Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years and fathered sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:	22 When Serug was thirty years old he fathered Nahor.
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.	23 After the birth of Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years and fathered sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:	24 When Nahor was twenty-nine years old he fathered Terah.
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.	25 After the birth of Terah, Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen years and fathered sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.	26 When Terah was seventy years old he fathered Abram, Nahor and Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.	27 These are Terah's descendants: Terah fathered Abram, Nahor and Haran. Haran fathered Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.	28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in his native land, Ur of the Chaldaeans.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.	29 Abram and Nahor both married: Abram's wife was cal ed Sarai, Nahor's wife was called Milcahdaughter of Haran, father of Milcah and Iscah.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.	30 Sarai was barren, having no child.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.	31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law the wife ofAbram, and made them leave Ur of the Chaldaeans to go to the land of Canaan. But on arrival in Haran theysettled there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.	32 Terah's life lasted two hundred and five years; then he died at Haran.