One Language, One People
One language, one plan: tower and name, so people no go need scatter. Our Papa come down, scatter their speech, and still scatter dem. Den di chapter narrow go Terah family wey dey leave Ur, and Sarai no fit born pikin.
11 1For dat time, di whole earth get only one language and na di same kind talk everybody dey talk. 2As dem dey comot dey go east, dem see one plain land for di land of Shinar, and dem settle dere. 3Dem talk to each other say, “Make una come, make we make brick and burn dem well well.” Dem use brick for stone, and tar for cement. 4Den dem talk say, “Make una come, make we build one city and one tower wey im top go reach sky, and make we make name for ourself, so dat we no go scatter for di whole earth face.”
5But our Papa come down make e see di city and di tower wey di people dey build. a a v5 Our Papa, wey dey everywhere, dem talk say e “come down” — na human language for how e draw near come do something.
6And our Papa talk say, “See, dem be one people wey get one language, and na just di start of wetin dem go do be dis. Now nothing wey dem plan to do go hard for dem. 7Make una come, make we go down dere and scatter dem language, so dat nobody go understand di language of im neighbor.”
8So our Papa scatter dem from dere go di whole earth face, and dem stop to build di city. 9Na why dem call di place Babel, because na dere our Papa confuse di language of di whole earth, and na from dere e scatter dem go di whole earth face. b b v9 Di name Babel sound like “confuse” — e dey mark di place wey our Papa confuse human language.
Shem Family Line
10Na dis be Shem account: wen e reach 100 years, e born Arpachshad, two years afta di flood. 11Shem live 500 years afta e born Arpachshad, and e born oda sons and daughters.
12Wen Arpachshad don live thirty-five years, e born Shelah. 13Arpachshad live 403 years afta e born Shelah, and e born oda sons and daughters.
14Wen Shelah don live thirty years, e born Eber. 15Shelah live 403 years afta e born Eber, and e born oda sons and daughters.
16Wen Eber don live thirty-four years, e born Peleg. 17Eber live 430 years afta e born Peleg, and e born oda sons and daughters.
18Wen Peleg don live thirty years, e born Reu. 19Peleg live 209 years afta e born Reu, and e born oda sons and daughters.
20Wen Reu don live thirty-two years, e born Serug. 21Reu live 207 years afta e born Serug, and e born oda sons and daughters.
22Wen Serug don live thirty years, e born Nahor. 23Serug live 200 years afta e born Nahor, and e born oda sons and daughters.
24Wen Nahor don live twenty-nine years, e born Terah. 25Nahor live 119 years afta e born Terah, and e born oda sons and daughters.
26Wen Terah don live seventy years, e born Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Terah Family
27Now na dis be di generations of Terah. Terah born Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran born Lot. 28Haran die for di place wey dem born am, Ur of di Chaldeans, before im papa Terah die. 29Abram and Nahor marry; Abram wife na Sarai, and Nahor wife na Milcah, di daughter of Haran, wey be papa of Iscah too. 30Now Sarai no fit born; e no get pikin. 31Terah take im son Abram, im grandson Lot wey be Haran pikin, and im daughter-in-law Sarai, wey be Abram wife, and dem comot from Ur of di Chaldeans go Canaan; dem reach Haran and settle dere. 32Terah live 205 years, and e die for Haran.
