6. The Lord said, “These people all speak the same language. And I see that they are joined together to do this work. This is only the beginning of what they can do. Soon they will be able to do anything they want.
7. Let’s go down and confuse their language. Then they will not understand each other.”
8. So people stopped building the city, and the Lord scattered them all over the earth.
9. That is the place where the Lord confused the language of the whole world. That is why it is called Babel. And it was from there that the Lord caused the people to spread out to all the other places on earth.
10. This is the history of Shem’s family. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, his son Arphaxad was born.
11. After that Shem lived 500 years. He had other sons and daughters.
12. When Arphaxad was 35 years old, his son Shelah was born.
13. After Shelah was born, Arphaxad lived 403 years. During that time he had other sons and daughters.
14. After Shelah was 30 years old, his son Eber was born.
15. After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 years. During that time he had other sons and daughters.
16. After Eber was 34 years old, his son Peleg was born.
17. After Peleg was born, Eber lived another 430 years. During that time he had other sons and daughters.
18. After Peleg was 30 years old, his son Reu was born.
19. After Reu was born, Peleg lived another 209 years. During that time he had other sons and daughters.
20. After Reu was 32 years old, his son Serug was born.
21. After Serug was born, Reu lived another 207 years. During that time he had other sons and daughters.