| NET Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary. | 1At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words. |
| 2When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. | 2As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there. |
| 3Then they said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." (They had brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.) | 3They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.) |
| 4Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth." | 4Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.” |
| 5But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building. | 5But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. |
| 6And the LORD said, "If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them. | 6“Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them! |
| 7Come, let's go down and confuse their language so they won't be able to understand each other." | 7Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.” |
| 8So the LORD scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city. | 8In that way, the LORD scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city. |
| 9That is why its name was called Babel--because there the LORD confused the language of the entire world, and from there the LORD scattered them across the face of the entire earth. | 9That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the LORD confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world. The Line of Descent from Shem to Abram |
| 10This is the account of Shem. Shem was 100 old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood. | 10This is the account of Shem’s family. Two years after the great flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad. |
| 11And after becoming the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters. | 11After the birth of Arphaxad, Shem lived another 500 years and had other sons and daughters. |
| 12When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah. | 12When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah. |
| 13And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. | 13After the birth of Shelah, Arphaxad lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters. |
| 14When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. | 14When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber. |
| 15And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. | 15After the birth of Eber, Shelah lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters. |
| 16When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. | 16When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg. |
| 17And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters. | 17After the birth of Peleg, Eber lived another 430 years and had other sons and daughters. |
| 18When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. | 18When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu. |
| 19And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters. | 19After the birth of Reu, Peleg lived another 209 years and had other sons and daughters. |
| 20When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. | 20When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug. |
| 21And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters. | 21After the birth of Serug, Reu lived another 207 years and had other sons and daughters. |
| 22When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. | 22When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor. |
| 23And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters. | 23After the birth of Nahor, Serug lived another 200 years and had other sons and daughters. |
| 24When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. | 24When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah. |
| 25And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters. | 25After the birth of Terah, Nahor lived another 119 years and had other sons and daughters. |
| 26When Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. | 26After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. The Family of Terah |
| 27This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. | 27This is the account of Terah’s family. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot. |
| 28Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, while his father Terah was still alive. | 28But Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth, while his father, Terah, was still living. |
| 29And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. 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 both Milcah and Iscah. | 29Meanwhile, Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah. (Milcah and her sister Iscah were daughters of Nahor’s brother Haran.) |
| 30But Sarai was barren; she had no children. | 30But Sarai was unable to become pregnant and had no children. |
| 31Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there. | 31One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram’s wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran’s child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there. |
| 32The lifetime of Terah was 205 years, and he died in Haran. | 32Terah lived for 205 years and died while still in Haran. |
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