Genesis 11:9-11

New International Version

⁹ That is why it was called Babel^[a](A)—because there the Lord confused the language^(B) of the whole world.^(C) From there the Lord scattered^(D) them over the face of the whole earth.

From Shem to Abram^(E)

¹⁰ This is the account^(F) of Shem’s family line.

Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father^[b] of Arphaxad.^{(G) 11} And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.