4:1 Now ¹  the man had marital relations with ²  his wife Eve, and she became pregnant ³  and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, “I have created ⁴  a man just as the Lord did!” ⁵  4:2 Then she gave birth ⁶  to his brother Abel. ⁷  Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground. ⁸ 

4:3 At the designated time ⁹  Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering ¹⁰  to the Lord. 4:4 But Abel brought ¹¹  some of the firstborn of his flock – even the fattest ¹²  of them. And the Lord was pleased with ¹³  Abel and his offering, 4:5 but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. ¹⁴  So Cain became very angry, ¹⁵  and his expression was downcast. ¹⁶ 

4:6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast? 4:7 Is it not true ¹⁷  that if you do what is right, you will be fine? ¹⁸  But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching ¹⁹  at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.” ²⁰ 

4:8 Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” ²¹  While they were in the field, Cain attacked ²²  his brother ²³  Abel and killed him.

4:9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” ²⁴  And he replied, “I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guardian?” ²⁵  4:10 But the Lord said, “What have you done? ²⁶  The voice ²⁷  of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground! 4:11 So now, you are banished ²⁸  from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 4:12 When you try to cultivate ²⁹  the

ground it will no longer yield ³⁰  its best ³¹  for you. You will be a homeless wanderer ³²  on the earth.” 4:13 Then Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment ³³  is too great to endure! ³⁴  4:14 Look! You are driving me off the land ³⁵  today, and I must hide from your presence. ³⁶  I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.” 4:15 But the Lord said to him, “All right then, ³⁷  if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” ³⁸  Then the Lord put a special mark ³⁹  on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down. ⁴⁰  4:16 So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, ⁴¹  east of Eden.

4:17 Cain had marital relations ⁴²  with his wife, and she became pregnant ⁴³  and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after ⁴⁴  his son Enoch. 4:18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father ⁴⁵  of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.

4:19 Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah. 4:20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first ⁴⁶  of those who live in tents and keep ⁴⁷  livestock. 4:21 The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute. 4:22 Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped ⁴⁸  all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.

4:23 Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah! Listen to me!

You wives of Lamech, hear my words!

I have killed a man for wounding me,

a young man ⁴⁹  for hurting me.

4:24 If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much,

then Lamech seventy-seven times!” ⁵⁰ 

4:25 And Adam had marital relations ⁵¹  with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, “God has given ⁵²  me another child ⁵³  in place of Abel because Cain killed him.” 4:26 And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people ⁵⁴  began to worship ⁵⁵  the Lord.

5:1 This is the record ⁵⁶  of the family line ⁵⁷  of Adam.

When God created humankind, ⁵⁸  he made them ⁵⁹  in the likeness of God. 5:2 He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.” ⁶⁰ 

5:3 When ⁶¹  Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth. 5:4 The length of time Adam lived ⁶²  after he became the father of Seth was 800 years; during this time he had ⁶³  other ⁶⁴  sons and daughters. 5:5 The entire lifetime ⁶⁵  of Adam was 930 years, and then he died. ⁶⁶ 

5:6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father ⁶⁷  of Enosh. 5:7 Seth lived 807 years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had ⁶⁸  other ⁶⁹  sons and daughters. 5:8 The entire lifetime of Seth was 912 years, and then he died.

5:9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan. 5:10 Enosh lived 815 years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters. 5:11 The entire lifetime of Enosh was 905 years, and then he died.

5:12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel. 5:13 Kenan lived 840 years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters. 5:14 The entire lifetime of Kenan was 910 years, and then he died.

5:15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared. 5:16 Mahalalel lived 830 years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters. 5:17 The entire lifetime of Mahalalel was 895 years, and then he died.

5:18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. 5:19 Jared lived 800 years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters. 5:20 The entire lifetime of Jared was 962 years, and then he died.

5:21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. 5:22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God ⁷⁰  for 300 years, ⁷¹  and he had other ⁷²  sons and daughters. 5:23 The entire lifetime of Enoch was 365 years. 5:24 Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared ⁷³  because God took ⁷⁴  him away.

5:25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech. 5:26 Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other ⁷⁵  sons and daughters. 5:27 The entire lifetime of Methuselah was 969 years, and then he died.

5:28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. 5:29 He named him Noah, ⁷⁶  saying, “This one will bring us comfort ⁷⁷  from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the Lord has cursed.” 5:30 Lamech lived 595 years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other ⁷⁸  sons and daughters. 5:31 The entire lifetime of Lamech was 777 years, and then he died.

5:32 After Noah was 500 years old, he ⁷⁹  became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

6:1 When humankind ⁸⁰  began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born ⁸¹  to them, ⁸²  6:2 the sons of God ⁸³  saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose. 6:3 So the Lord said, “My spirit will not remain in ⁸⁴  humankind indefinitely, ⁸⁵  since ⁸⁶  they ⁸⁷  are mortal. ⁸⁸  They ⁸⁹  will remain for 120 more years.” ⁹⁰ 

6:4 The Nephilim ⁹¹  were on the earth in those days (and also after this) ⁹²  when the sons of God were having sexual relations with ⁹³  the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. ⁹⁴  They were the mighty heroes ⁹⁵  of old, the famous men. ⁹⁶ 

6:5 But the Lord saw ⁹⁷  that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination ⁹⁸  of the thoughts ⁹⁹  of their minds ¹⁰⁰  was only evil ¹⁰¹  all the time. ¹⁰²  6:6 The Lord regretted ¹⁰³  that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended. ¹⁰⁴  6:7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth – everything from humankind to animals, ¹⁰⁵  including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.”

6:8 But ¹⁰⁶  Noah found favor ¹⁰⁷  in the sight of ¹⁰⁸  the Lord.

6:9 This is the account of Noah. ¹⁰⁹ 

Noah was a godly man; he was blameless ¹¹⁰ 

among his contemporaries. ¹¹¹  He ¹¹²  walked with ¹¹³  God. 6:10 Noah had ¹¹⁴  three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

6:11 The earth was ruined ¹¹⁵  in the sight of ¹¹⁶  God; the earth was filled with violence. ¹¹⁷  6:12 God saw the earth, and indeed ¹¹⁸  it was ruined, ¹¹⁹  for all living creatures ¹²⁰  on the earth were sinful. ¹²¹  6:13 So God said ¹²²  to Noah, “I have decided that all living creatures must die, ¹²³  for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy ¹²⁴  them and the earth. 6:14 Make ¹²⁵  for yourself an ark of cypress ¹²⁶  wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover ¹²⁷  it with pitch inside and out. 6:15 This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. ¹²⁸  6:16 Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches ¹²⁹  from the top. ¹³⁰  Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks. 6:17 I am about to bring ¹³¹  floodwaters ¹³²  on the earth to destroy ¹³³  from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. ¹³⁴  Everything that is on the earth will die, 6:18 but I will confirm ¹³⁵  my covenant with you. You will enter ¹³⁶  the ark – you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. 6:19 You must bring into the ark two of every kind of living creature from all flesh, ¹³⁷  male and female, to keep them alive ¹³⁸  with you. 6:20 Of the birds after their kinds, and of the cattle after their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you so you can keep them alive. ¹³⁹  6:21 And you must take ¹⁴⁰  for yourself every kind of food ¹⁴¹  that is eaten, ¹⁴²  and gather it together. ¹⁴³  It will be food for you and for them.

6:22 And Noah did all ¹⁴⁴  that God commanded him – he did indeed. ¹⁴⁵ 

7:1 The Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation. ¹⁴⁶  7:2 You must take with you seven ¹⁴⁷  of every kind of clean animal, ¹⁴⁸  the male and its mate, ¹⁴⁹  two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate, 7:3 and also seven ¹⁵⁰  of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, ¹⁵¹  to preserve their offspring ¹⁵²  on the face of the earth. 7:4 For in seven days ¹⁵³  I will cause it to rain ¹⁵⁴  on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

7:5 And Noah did all ¹⁵⁵  that the Lord commanded him.

7:6 Noah ¹⁵⁶  was 600 years old when the floodwaters engulfed ¹⁵⁷  the earth. 7:7 Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because ¹⁵⁸  of the floodwaters. 7:8 Pairs ¹⁵⁹  of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground, 7:9 male and female, came into the ark to Noah, ¹⁶⁰  just as God had commanded him. ¹⁶¹  7:10 And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth. ¹⁶² 

7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month – on that day all the fountains of the great deep ¹⁶³  burst open and the floodgates of the heavens ¹⁶⁴  were opened. 7:12 And the rain fell ¹⁶⁵  on the earth forty days and forty nights.

7:13 On that very day Noah entered the ark, accompanied by his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with his wife and his sons’ three wives. ¹⁶⁶  7:14 They entered, ¹⁶⁷  along with every living creature after its kind, every animal after its kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, everything with wings. ¹⁶⁸  7:15 Pairs ¹⁶⁹  of all creatures ¹⁷⁰  that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah. 7:16 Those that entered were male and female, ¹⁷¹  just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.

7:17 The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth. 7:18 The waters completely overwhelmed ¹⁷²  the earth, and the ark floated ¹⁷³  on the surface of the waters. 7:19 The waters completely inundated ¹⁷⁴  the earth so that even ¹⁷⁵  all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered. 7:20 The waters rose more than twenty feet ¹⁷⁶  above the mountains. ¹⁷⁷  7:21 And all living things ¹⁷⁸  that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind. 7:22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life ¹⁷⁹  in its nostrils died. 7:23 So the Lord ¹⁸⁰  destroyed ¹⁸¹  every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky. ¹⁸²  They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived. ¹⁸³  7:24 The waters prevailed over ¹⁸⁴  the earth for 150 days.

8:1 But God remembered ¹⁸⁵  Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over ¹⁸⁶  the earth and the waters receded. 8:2 The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, ¹⁸⁷  and the rain stopped falling from the sky. 8:3 The waters kept receding steadily ¹⁸⁸  from the earth, so that they ¹⁸⁹  had gone down ¹⁹⁰  by the end of the 150 days. 8:4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat. ¹⁹¹  8:5 The waters kept on receding ¹⁹²  until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible. ¹⁹³ 

8:6 At the end of forty days, ¹⁹⁴  Noah opened the window he had made in the ark ¹⁹⁵  8:7 and sent out a raven; it kept flying ¹⁹⁶  back and forth until the waters had dried up on the earth.

8:8 Then Noah ¹⁹⁷  sent out a dove ¹⁹⁸  to see if the waters had receded ¹⁹⁹  from the surface of the ground. 8:9 The dove could not find a resting place for its feet because water still covered ²⁰⁰  the surface of the entire earth, and so it returned to Noah ²⁰¹  in the ark. He stretched out his hand, took the dove, ²⁰²  and brought it back into the ark. ²⁰³  8:10 He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark. 8:11 When ²⁰⁴  the dove returned to him in the evening, there was ²⁰⁵  a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. 8:12 He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, ²⁰⁶  but it did not return to him this time. ²⁰⁷ 

8:13 In Noah’s six hundred and first year, ²⁰⁸  in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that ²⁰⁹  the surface of the ground was dry. 8:14 And by the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth ²¹⁰  was dry.

8:15 Then God spoke to Noah and said, 8:16 “Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you. 8:17 Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out ²¹¹  every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase ²¹²  and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!” ²¹³ 

8:18 Noah went out along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives. 8:19 Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.

8:20 Noah built an altar to the Lord. He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. ²¹⁴  8:21 And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma ²¹⁵  and said ²¹⁶  to himself, ²¹⁷  “I will never again curse ²¹⁸  the ground because of humankind, even though ²¹⁹  the inclination of their minds ²²⁰  is evil from childhood on. ²²¹  I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.

8:22 “While the earth continues to exist, ²²² 

planting time ²²³  and harvest,

cold and heat,

summer and winter,

and day and night will not cease.”

9:1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 9:2 Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. ²²⁴  Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority. ²²⁵  9:3 You may eat any moving thing that lives. ²²⁶  As I gave you ²²⁷  the green plants, I now give ²²⁸  you everything.

9:4 But ²²⁹  you must not eat meat ²³⁰  with its life (that is, ²³¹  its blood) in it. ²³²  9:5 For your lifeblood ²³³  I will surely exact punishment, ²³⁴  from ²³⁵  every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person ²³⁶  I will exact punishment for the life of the individual ²³⁷  since the man was his relative. ²³⁸ 

9:6 “Whoever sheds human blood, ²³⁹ 

by other humans ²⁴⁰ 

must his blood be shed;

for in God’s image ²⁴¹ 

God ²⁴²  has made humankind.”

9:7 But as for you, ²⁴³  be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.”

9:8 God said to Noah and his sons, ²⁴⁴  9:9 “Look! I now confirm ²⁴⁵  my covenant with you and your descendants after you ²⁴⁶  9:10 and with every living creature that is with you, including the birds, the domestic animals, and every living creature of the earth with you, all those that came out of the ark with you – every living creature of the earth. ²⁴⁷  9:11 I confirm ²⁴⁸  my covenant with you: Never again will all living things ²⁴⁹  be wiped out ²⁵⁰  by the waters of a flood; ²⁵¹  never again will a flood destroy the earth.”

9:12 And God said, “This is the guarantee ²⁵²  of the covenant I am making ²⁵³  with you ²⁵⁴  and every living creature with you, a covenant ²⁵⁵  for all subsequent ²⁵⁶  generations: 9:13 I will place ²⁵⁷  my rainbow ²⁵⁸  in the clouds, and it will become ²⁵⁹  a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth. 9:14 Whenever ²⁶⁰  I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 9:15 then I will remember my covenant with you ²⁶¹  and with all living creatures of all kinds. ²⁶²  Never again will the waters become a flood and destroy ²⁶³  all living things. ²⁶⁴  9:16 When the rainbow is in the clouds, I will notice it and remember ²⁶⁵  the perpetual covenant between God and all living creatures of all kinds that are on the earth.”

9:17 So God said to Noah, “This is the guarantee of the covenant that I am confirming between me and all living things ²⁶⁶  that are on the earth.”

9:18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Now Ham was the father of Canaan.) ²⁶⁷  9:19 These were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated. ²⁶⁸ 

9:20 Noah, a man of the soil, ²⁶⁹  began to plant a vineyard. ²⁷⁰  9:21 When he drank some of the wine, he got drunk and uncovered himself ²⁷¹  inside his tent. 9:22 Ham, the father of Canaan, ²⁷²  saw his father’s nakedness ²⁷³  and told his two brothers who were outside. 9:23 Shem and Japheth took the garment ²⁷⁴  and placed it on their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered up their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned ²⁷⁵  the other way so they did not see their father’s nakedness.

9:24 When Noah awoke from his drunken stupor ²⁷⁶  he learned ²⁷⁷  what his youngest son had done ²⁷⁸  to him. 9:25 So he said,

“Cursed ²⁷⁹  be Canaan! ²⁸⁰ 

The lowest of slaves ²⁸¹ 

he will be to his brothers.”

9:26 He also said,

“Worthy of praise is ²⁸²  the Lord, the God of Shem!

May Canaan be the slave of Shem! ²⁸³ 

9:27 May God enlarge Japheth’s territory and numbers! ²⁸⁴ 

May he live ²⁸⁵  in the tents of Shem

and may Canaan be his slave!”

9:28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 9:29 The entire lifetime of Noah was 950 years, and then he died.

10:1 This is the account ²⁸⁶  of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons ²⁸⁷  were born ²⁸⁸  to them after the flood.

10:2 The sons of Japheth ²⁸⁹  were Gomer, ²⁹⁰  Magog, ²⁹¹  Madai, ²⁹²  Javan, ²⁹³  Tubal, ²⁹⁴  Meshech, ²⁹⁵  and Tiras. ²⁹⁶  10:3 The sons of Gomer were ²⁹⁷  Askenaz, ²⁹⁸  Riphath, ²⁹⁹  and Togarmah. ³⁰⁰  10:4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, ³⁰¹  Tarshish, ³⁰²  the Kittim, ³⁰³  and the Dodanim. ³⁰⁴  10:5 From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.

10:6 The sons of Ham were Cush, ³⁰⁵  Mizraim, ³⁰⁶  Put, ³⁰⁷  and Canaan. ³⁰⁸  10:7 The sons of Cush were Seba, ³⁰⁹  Havilah, ³¹⁰  Sabtah, ³¹¹  Raamah, ³¹²  and Sabteca. ³¹³  The sons of Raamah were Sheba ³¹⁴  and Dedan. ³¹⁵ 

10:8 Cush was the father of ³¹⁶  Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth. 10:9 He was a mighty hunter ³¹⁷  before the Lord. ³¹⁸  (That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”) 10:10 The primary regions ³¹⁹  of his kingdom were Babel, ³²⁰  Erech, ³²¹  Akkad, ³²²  and Calneh ³²³  in the land of Shinar. ³²⁴  10:11 From that land he went ³²⁵  to Assyria, ³²⁶  where he built Nineveh, ³²⁷  Rehoboth-Ir, ³²⁸  Calah, ³²⁹  10:12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city Calah. ³³⁰ 

10:13 Mizraim ³³¹  was the father of ³³²  the Ludites, ³³³  Anamites, ³³⁴  Lehabites, ³³⁵  Naphtuhites, ³³⁶  10:14 Pathrusites, ³³⁷  Casluhites ³³⁸  (from whom the Philistines came), ³³⁹  and Caphtorites. ³⁴⁰ 

10:15 Canaan was the father of ³⁴¹  Sidon his firstborn, ³⁴²  Heth, ³⁴³  10:16 the Jebusites, ³⁴⁴  Amorites, ³⁴⁵  Girgashites, ³⁴⁶  10:17 Hivites, ³⁴⁷  Arkites, ³⁴⁸  Sinites, ³⁴⁹  10:18 Arvadites, ³⁵⁰  Zemarites, ³⁵¹  and Hamathites. ³⁵²  Eventually the families of the Canaanites were scattered 10:19 and the borders of Canaan extended ³⁵³  from Sidon ³⁵⁴  all the way to ³⁵⁵  Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to ³⁵⁶  Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. 10:20 These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.

10:21 And sons were also born ³⁵⁷  to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), ³⁵⁸  the father of all the sons of Eber.

10:22 The sons of Shem were Elam, ³⁵⁹  Asshur, ³⁶⁰  Arphaxad, ³⁶¹  Lud, ³⁶²  and Aram. ³⁶³  10:23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. ³⁶⁴  10:24 Arphaxad was the father of ³⁶⁵  Shelah, ³⁶⁶  and Shelah was the father of Eber. ³⁶⁷  10:25 Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided, ³⁶⁸  and his brother’s name was Joktan. 10:26 Joktan was the father of ³⁶⁹  Almodad, ³⁷⁰  Sheleph, ³⁷¹  Hazarmaveth, ³⁷²  Jerah, ³⁷³  10:27 Hadoram, Uzal, ³⁷⁴  Diklah, ³⁷⁵  10:28 Obal, ³⁷⁶  Abimael, ³⁷⁷  Sheba, ³⁷⁸  10:29 Ophir, ³⁷⁹  Havilah, ³⁸⁰  and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. 10:30 Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to ³⁸¹  Sephar in the eastern hills. 10:31 These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.

10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread ³⁸²  over the earth after the flood.

11:1 The whole earth ³⁸³  had a common language and a common vocabulary. ³⁸⁴  11:2 When the people ³⁸⁵  moved eastward, ³⁸⁶  they found a plain in Shinar ³⁸⁷  and settled there. 11:3 Then they said to one another, ³⁸⁸  “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” ³⁸⁹  (They had brick instead of stone and tar ³⁹⁰  instead of mortar.) ³⁹¹  11:4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens ³⁹²  so that ³⁹³  we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise ³⁹⁴  we will be scattered ³⁹⁵  across the face of the entire earth.”

11:5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people ³⁹⁶  had started ³⁹⁷  building. 11:6 And the Lord said, “If as one people all sharing a common language ³⁹⁸  they have begun to do this, then ³⁹⁹  nothing they plan to do will be beyond them. ⁴⁰⁰  11:7 Come, let’s go down and confuse ⁴⁰¹  their language so they won’t be able to understand each other.” ⁴⁰² 

11:8 So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building ⁴⁰³  the city. 11:9 That is why its name was called ⁴⁰⁴  Babel ⁴⁰⁵  – 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.

11:10 This is the account of Shem.

Shem was 100 old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood. 11:11 And after becoming the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other ⁴⁰⁶  sons and daughters.

11:12 When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah. 11:13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other ⁴⁰⁷  sons and daughters. ⁴⁰⁸ 

11:14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. 11:15 And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other ⁴⁰⁹  sons and daughters.

11:16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. 11:17 And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

11:18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. 11:19 And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

11:20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. 11:21 And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

11:22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. 11:23 And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

11:24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. 11:25 And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

11:26 When Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

11:27 This is the account of Terah.

Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. 11:28 Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, ⁴¹⁰  while his father Terah was still alive. ⁴¹¹  11:29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, ⁴¹²  and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah; ⁴¹³  she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah. 11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

11:31 Terah 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. 11:32 The lifetime ⁴¹⁴  of Terah was 205 years, and he ⁴¹⁵  died in Haran.