¹ 那時，天下人的口音、言語都是一樣。

² 他們往東邊遷移的時候，在示拿地遇見一片平原，就住在那裡。

³ 他們彼此商量說：來罷！我們要作磚，把磚燒透了。他們就拿磚當石頭，又拿石漆當灰泥。

⁴ 他們說：來罷！我們要建造一座城和一座塔，塔頂通天，為要傳揚我們的名，免得我們分散在全地上。

⁵ 耶和華降臨，要看看世人所建造的城和塔。

⁶ 耶和華說：看哪，他們成為一樣的人民，都是一樣的言語，如今既作起這事來，以後他們所要作的事就沒有不成就的了。

⁷ 我們下去，在那裡變亂他們的口音，使他們的言語彼此不通。

⁸ 於是耶和華使他們從那裡分散在全地上；他們就停工，不造那城了。

⁹ 因為耶和華在那裡變亂天下人的言語，使眾人分散在全地上，所以那城名叫巴別(就是變亂的意思)。

¹⁰ 閃的後代記在下面。洪水以後二年，閃一百歲生了亞法撒。

¹¹ 閃生亞法撒之後又活了五百年，並且生兒養女。

¹² 亞法撒活到三十五歲，生了沙拉。

¹³ 亞法撒生沙拉之後又活了四百零三年，並且生兒養女。

¹⁴ 沙拉活到三十歲，生了希伯。

¹⁵ 沙拉生希伯之後又活了四百零三年，並且生兒養女。

¹⁶ 希伯活到三十四歲，生了法勒。

¹⁷ 希伯生法勒之後又活了四百三十年，並且生兒養女。

¹⁸ 法勒活到三十歲，生了拉吳。

¹⁹ 法勒生拉吳之後又活了二百零九年，並且生兒養女。

²⁰ 拉吳活到三十二歲，生了西鹿。

²¹ 拉吳生西鹿之後又活了二百零七年，並且生兒養女。

²² 西鹿活到三十歲，生了拿鶴。

²³ 西鹿生拿鶴之後又活了二百年，並且生兒養女。

²⁴ 拿鶴活到二十九歲，生了他拉。

²⁵ 拿鶴生他拉之後又活了一百一十九年，並且生兒養女。

²⁶ 他拉活到七十歲，生了亞伯蘭、拿鶴、哈蘭。

²⁷ 他拉的後代記在下面。他拉生亞伯蘭、拿鶴、哈蘭；哈蘭生羅得。

²⁸ 哈蘭死在他的本地迦勒底的吾珥，在他父親他拉之先。

²⁹ 亞伯蘭、拿鶴各娶了妻：亞伯蘭的妻子名叫撒萊；拿鶴的妻子名叫密迦，是哈蘭的女兒；哈蘭是密迦和亦迦的父親。

³⁰ 撒萊不生育，沒有孩子。

³¹ 他拉帶著他兒子亞伯蘭和他孫子哈蘭的兒子羅得，並他兒婦亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊，出了迦勒底的吾珥，要往迦南地去；他們走到哈蘭，就住在那裡。

³² 他拉共活了二百零五歲，就死在哈蘭。

¹ Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

² The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

³ The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

⁴ The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

⁵ Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.

⁶ The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

⁷ The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

⁸ Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

⁹ He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."

¹⁰ The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

¹¹ Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

¹² and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).

¹³ Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

¹⁴ Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.

¹⁵ Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,

¹⁶ the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,

¹⁷ the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,

¹⁸ the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

¹⁹ The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.

²⁰ These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.

²¹ To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

²² The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

²³ The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

²⁴ Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.

²⁵ To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan.

²⁶ Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

²⁸ Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

²⁹ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

³⁰ Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

³¹ These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.

³² These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.