Genesis 10:26   (Read all of Genesis 10)

Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Genesis 10:28   (Read all of Genesis 10)

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

Genesis 10:29   (Read all of Genesis 10)

Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

Genesis 10:30   (Read all of Genesis 10)

The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

Genesis 10:31   (Read all of Genesis 10)

These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

Genesis 10:32   (Read all of Genesis 10)

These are the clans of Noah's sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.

Genesis 11:1   (Read all of Genesis 11)

Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.

Genesis 11:2   (Read all of Genesis 11)

As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

Genesis 11:3   (Read all of Genesis 11)

They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.

Genesis 11:4   (Read all of Genesis 11)

Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth."

Genesis 11:5   (Read all of Genesis 11)

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.

Genesis 11:6   (Read all of Genesis 11)

The Lord said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

Genesis 11:7   (Read all of Genesis 11)

Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other."

Genesis 11:8   (Read all of Genesis 11)

So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

Genesis 11:9   (Read all of Genesis 11)

That is why it was called Babel -because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

Genesis 11:10   (Read all of Genesis 11)

This is the account of Shem's family line. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.

Genesis 11:11   (Read all of Genesis 11)

And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:12   (Read all of Genesis 11)

When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.

Genesis 11:13   (Read all of Genesis 11)

And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:14   (Read all of Genesis 11)

When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.

Genesis 11:15   (Read all of Genesis 11)

And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:17   (Read all of Genesis 11)

And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:19   (Read all of Genesis 11)

And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:20   (Read all of Genesis 11)

When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.