[:en]The whole world had only one language and a common speech. The men wanted to build themselves a city with a tower that will reach to the heavens so that they may make a name for themselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth. But the Lord saw what they were doing. So He confused their language and frustrated their plan. When they could no longer understand each other, they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel – because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world and scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
Account of Shem to Abram:
Shem – 500 years old
Arphaxad – 403 years old
Shelah – 403 years old.
Eber – 430 years old
Peleg – 209 years old
Reu – 207 years old
Serug – 200 years old
Nahor – 119 years old
Terah – 205 years old
Terah had 3 sons: Abram, Nahor and Haran
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there. (v. 31)[:]