6. And the Lord said, “If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.
7. Come, let’s go down and confuse their language so they won’t be able to understand each other.”
8. So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.
9. That is why its name was called Babel – 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.
10. This is the account of Shem.Shem was 100 old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
11. And after becoming the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
12. When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
13. And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
14. When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
15. And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
16. When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.
17. And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.