4. Then they said, "Come. Let's build a city for ourselves. Let's build a tower that reaches to the sky. We'll make a name for ourselves. Then we won't be scattered over the face of the whole earth."
5. But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
6. The Lord said, "They are one people. And all of them speak the same language. That is why they can do this. Now they will be able to do anything they plan to.
7. Come. Let us go down and mix up their language. Then they will not understand each other."
8. So the Lord scattered them from there over the whole earth. And they stopped building the city.
9. The Lord mixed up the language of the whole world there. That's why the city was named Babel. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
10. Here is the story of Shem. It was two years after the flood. When Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
11. After Arphaxad was born, Shem lived 500 years. And he had other sons and daughters.
12. When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
13. After Shelah was born, Arphaxad lived 403 years. And he had other sons and daughters.
14. When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
15. After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 years. And he had other sons and daughters.
16. When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.