7. Now, let us go down and there confound their language that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8. So the Lord scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth, and they left off to build the city.
9. Therefore the name of it was called Babel because there the Lord confounded the language of all the earth, and from there the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
10. These are the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11. And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years and begat sons and daughters.
12. And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years and begat Salah;
13. and Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years and begat sons and daughters.
14. And Salah lived thirty years and begat Eber;
15. and Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years and begat sons and daughters.
16. And Eber lived thirty-four years and begat Peleg;
17. and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years and begat sons and daughters.
18. And Peleg lived thirty years and begat Reu;