Immediately after the flood, there was one language on the whole earth.
The people built their city and tower in the land of Shinar.
Instead of spreading across the whole earth as God had commanded, the people decided to build a city and a tower.
The people wanted to make a name for themselves.
Yahweh came down and confused the people's languages.
God confused their languages so they would not understand each other.
God caused the people to scatter across the face of all the earth, as he had commanded.
The name of the city was Babel.
The descendants of Shem, son of Noah, are given in this chapter.
The father of Abram was Terah.
Terah's son Haran had a son named Lot.
Terah lived in Ur of the Chaldeans.
Abram's wife's name was Sarai.
Abram's wife's Sarai was barren and had no children.
Terah moved to the land of Canaan with Abram, Sarai, and Lot.