5. The Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the descendants of Adam were building.
6. The Lord said, “They are one people with one language. This is only the beginning of what they will do! Now nothing they plan to do will be too difficult for them.
7. Let us go down there and mix up their language so that they won’t understand each other.”
8. So the Lord scattered them all over the face of the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9. This is why it was named Babel, because there the Lord turned the language of the whole earth into babble. From that place the Lord scattered them all over the face of the earth.
10. This is the account of Shem and his descendants. Two years after the flood when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad.
11. After he became the father of Arpachshad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
12. Arpachshad was 35 years old when he became the father of Shelah.
13. After he became the father of Shelah, Arpachshad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
14. Shelah was 30 years old when he became the father of Eber.
15. After he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
16. Eber was 34 years old when he became the father of Peleg.
17. After he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
18. Peleg was 30 years old when he became the father of Reu.
19. After he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
20. Reu was 32 years old when he became the father of Serug.