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Descendants of Shem
21Sons were also born to Shem, the older
brother of Japheth. Shem was the ancestor
of all the descendants of Eber.
22 The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur,
Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 The descendants of Aram were Uz, Hul,
Gether, and Mash.
24Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and
Shelah was the father of Eber.
25Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg
(which means “division”), for during his
lifetime the people of the world were divided
into different language groups. His brother’s
name was Joktan.
26Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad,
Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27Hadoram,
Uzal, Diklah, 28Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were
descendants of Joktan. 30The territory they
occupied extended from Mesha all the way
to Sephar in the eastern mountains.
31 These were the descendants of Shem, identified by clan, language, territory, and national
identity.
Conclusion
32 These are the clans that descended from
Noah’s sons, arranged by nation according to
their lines of descent. All the nations of the earth
descended from these clans after the great
flood.
CHAPTER
11
The Tower of Babel
At one time all the people of the world spoke the
same language and used the same words. 2As the
people migrated to the east, they found a plain in
the land of Babylonia and settled there.
3 They 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 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.”
5 But the Lord came down to look at the city
and the tower the people were building. 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 the people
with different languages. Then they won’t be
able to understand each other.”
... Genesis 11
8In
that way, the Lord scattered them all over
the world, and they stopped building the city.
9 That 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’s family.
Two years after the great flood, when Shem
was 100 years old, he became the father of
Arphaxad. 11After the birth of Arphaxad,
Shem lived another 500 years and had other
sons and daughters.
12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became
the father of Shelah. 13After the birth of
Shelah, Arphaxad lived another 403 years
and had other sons and daughters.
14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became
the father of Eber. 15After the birth of Eber,
Shelah lived another 403 years and had
other sons and daughters.
16When Eber was 34 years old, he became the
father of Peleg. 17After the birth of Peleg,
Eber lived another 430 years and had other
sons and daughters.
18When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the
father of Reu. 19After the birth of Reu, Peleg
lived another 209 years and had other sons
and daughters.
20When Reu was 32 years old, he became the
father of Serug. 21After the birth of Serug,
Reu lived another 207 years and had other
sons and daughters.
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the
father of Nahor. 23After the birth of Nahor,
Serug lived another 200 years and had other
sons and daughters.
24When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the
father of Terah. 25After the birth of Terah,
Nahor lived another 119 years and had other
sons and daughters.
26After Terah was 70 years old, he became the
father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
The Family of Terah
27 This is the account of Terah’s family. Terah was
the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot. 28But Haran died in Ur
of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth, while his
father, Terah, was still living. 29 Meanwhile,
Abram and Nahor both married. The name of
Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s
