1 Mosebog 11
1 Hele Menneskeheden havde eet Tungemaal og samme Sprog.
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one kind of words.
2 Da de nu drog østerpaa, traf de paa en Dal i Sinear, og der slog de sig ned.
And it came to pass, as they journeyed toward the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
3 Da sagde de til hverandre: »Kom, lad os stryge Teglsten og brænde dem godt!« De brugte nemlig Tegl som Sten og Jordbeg som Kalk.
And they said to one another, Go to, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And thus the brick served them for stone, and slime served them for mortar.
4 Derpaa sagde de: »Kom, lad os bygge os en By og et Taarn, hvis Top naar til Himmelen, og skabe os et Navn, for at vi ikke skal spredes ud over hele Jorden!«
And they said, Go to, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower, the top of which may reach unto heaven; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5 Men HERREN steg ned for at se Byen og Taarnet, som Menneskebørnene byggede,
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man were building.
6 og han sagde: »Se, de er eet Folk og har alle eet Tungemaal; og naar de nu først er begyndt saaledes, er intet, som de sætter sig for, umuligt for dem;
And the Lord said, Behold, it is one people, and they have all one language, and this is the first thing they undertake to do; and now shall they not be restrained in all which they have imagined to do?
7 lad os derfor stige ned og forvirre deres Tungemaal der, saa de ikke forstaar hverandres Tungemaal!«
Go to, let us go down, and confound there their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
8 Da spredte HERREN dem fra det Sted ud over hele Jorden, og de opgav at bygge Byen.
So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.
9 Derfor kaldte man den Babel, thi der forvirrede HERREN al Jordens Tungemaal, og derfra spredte HERREN dem ud over hele Jorden.
Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth; and from there did the Lord scatter them abroad over the face of all the earth.
10 Dette er Sems Slægtebog. Da Sem var 100 Aar gammel, avlede han Arpaksjad, to Aar efter Vandfloden;
These are the generations of Shem: Shem, when a hundred years old, begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood.
11 og efter at Sem havde avlet Arpaksjad, levede han 500 Aar og avlede Sønner og Døtre.
And Shem lived after he had begotten Arpachshad five hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
12 Da Arpaksjad havde levet 35 Aar, avlede han Sjela;
And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelach.
13 og efter at Arpaksjad havde avlet Sjela, levede han 403 Aar og avlede Sønner og Døtre.
And Arpachshad lived after he had begotten Shelach four hundred and three years; and begat sons and daughters.
14 Da Sjela havde levet 30 Aar, avlede han Eber;
And Shelach lived thirty years, and begat Eber.
15 og efter at Sjela havde avlet Eber, levede han 403 Aar og avlede Sønner og Døtre.
And Shelach lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years; and begat sons and daughters.
16 Da Eber havde levet 34 Aar, avlede han Peleg;
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg.
17 og efter at Eber havde avlet Peleg, levede han 430 Aar og avlede Sønner og Døtre.
And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years; and begat sons and daughters.
18 Da Peleg havde levet 30 Aar, avlede han Re'u;
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu.
19 og efter at Peleg havde avlet Re'u, levede han 209 Aar og avlede Sønner og Døtre.
And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years; and begat sons and daughters.
20 Da Re'u havde levet 32 Aar, avlede han Serug;
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug.
21 og efter at Re'u havde avlet Serug, levede han 207 Aar og avlede Sønner og Døtre.
And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years; and begat sons and daughters.
22 Da Serug havde levet 30 Aar, avlede han Nakor;
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nachor.
23 og efter at Serug havde avlet Nakor, levede han 200 Aar og avlede Sønner og Døtre.
And Serug lived after he had begotten Nachor two hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
24 Da Nakor havde levet 29 Aar, avlede han Tara;
And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terach.
25 og efter at Nakor havde avlet Tara, levede han 119 Aar og avlede Sønner og Døtre.
And Nachor lived after he had begotten Terach a hundred and nineteen years; and begat sons and daughters.
26 Da Tara havde levet 70 Aar, avlede han Abram, Nakor og Haran.
And Terach lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran.
27 Dette er Taras Slægtebog. Tara avlede Abram, Nakor og Haran. Haran avlede Lot.
Now these are the generations of Terach: Terach begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
28 Haran døde i sin Fader Taras Levetid i sin Hjemstavn i Ur Kasdim.
And Haran died before his father Terach in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 Abram og Nakor tog sig Hustruer; Abrams Hustru hed Saraj, Nakors Milka, en Datter af Haran, Milkas og Jiskas Fader.
And Abram and Nachor took themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nachor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Yiscah.
30 Men Saraj var ufrugtbar og havde ingen Børn.
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 Tara tog sin Søn Abram, sin Sønnesøn Lot, Harans Søn, og sin Sønnekone Saraj, hans Søn Abrams Hustru, og førte dem fra Ur Kasdim for at begive sig til Kana'ans Land; men da de kom til Karan, slog de sig ned der.
And Terach took Abram his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Charan, and dwelt there.
32 Taras Levetid var 205 Aar; og Tara døde i Karan.
And the days of Terach were two hundred and five years; and Terach died in Charan.
