This meager historical record explains why the sacred writer did not mention the nature of the sin which led to the frustration of the grandiose design. The massive remains were a visible reminder of the ineffectual attempt which tradition recorded to have been accompanied by discord and consequent migration of many of the population. The inhabitants of the city started to build a great stage-tower zigguarat, which they raised to some considerable height and then were unable to complete. 15:7 Neh.A Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture explains Genesis 11:1-9 as follows: 32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran. 30 But ( Y)Sarai was barren she had no child.ģ1 And Terah ( Z)took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from ( AA)Ur of the Chaldeans to go to ( AB)the land of Canaan and they came to Haran and dwelt there. 29 Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was ( W)Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, ( X)Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. Terah’s DescendantsĢ7 This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot ( V)Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 25 After he begot Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.Ģ6 Now Terah lived seventy years, and ( U)begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 23 After he begot Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.Ģ4 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot ( T)Terah. 21 After he begot Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.Ģ2 Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor. 19 After he begot Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.Ģ0 Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot ( S)Serug. 17 After he begot Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.ġ8 Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu. 15 After he begot Eber, Salah lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.ġ6 ( Q)Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot ( R)Peleg. 13 After he begot Salah, Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.ġ4 Salah lived thirty years, and begot Eber. 11 After he begot Arphaxad, Shem lived five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.ġ2 Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, ( P)and begot Salah. Shem’s Descendants ( N)ġ0 ( O)This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood. 9 Therefore its name is called Babel, ( M)because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth. 7 Come, ( I)let Us go down and there ( J)confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So ( K)the Lord scattered them abroad from there ( L)over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. 6 And the Lord said, “Indeed ( F)the people are one and they all have ( G)one language, and this is what they begin to do now nothing that they ( H)propose to do will be withheld from them. 4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower ( B)whose top is in the heavens let us make a ( C)name for ourselves, lest we ( D)be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”ĥ ( E)But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land ( A)of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 11 Now the whole earth had one language and one speech.
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