Genesis 11
1 Now the earth was of one language and of the same speech.
And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,
2 And when they were advancing from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt in it.
and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
3 And each one said to his neighbor, “Come, let us make bricks, and bake them with fire.” And they had bricks instead of stones, and pitch instead of mortar.
and they say each one to his neighbour, 'Give help, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.
4 And they said: “Come, let us make a city and a tower, so that its height may reach to heaven. And let us make our name famous before we are divided into all the lands.”
And they say, 'Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'
5 Then the Lord descended to see the city and the tower, which the sons of Adam were building.
And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
6 And he said: “Behold, the people are united, and all have one tongue. And since they have begun to do this, they will not desist from their plans, until they have completed their work.
and Jehovah saith, 'Lo, the people [is] one, and one pronunciation [is] to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.
7 Therefore, come, let us descend, and in that place confound their tongue, so that they may not listen, each one to the voice of his neighbor.”
Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'
8 And so the Lord divided them from that place into all the lands, and they ceased to build the city.
And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;
9 And for this reason, its name was called ‘Babel,’ because in that place the language of the whole earth became confused. And from then on, the Lord scattered them across the face of every region.
therefore hath [one] called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old when he conceived Arphaxad, two years after the great flood.
These [are] births of Shem: Shem [is] a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.
11 And after he conceived Arphaxad, Shem lived for five hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
12 Next, Arphaxad lived for thirty-five years, and then he conceived Shelah.
And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.
13 And after he conceived Shelah, Arphaxad lived for three hundred and three years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
14 Likewise, Shelah lived for thirty years, and then he conceived Eber.
And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber.
15 And after he conceived Eber, Shelah lived for four hundred and three years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
16 Then Eber lived for thirty-four years, and he conceived Peleg.
And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.
17 And after he conceived Peleg, Eber lived for four hundred and thirty years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
18 Likewise, Peleg lived for thirty years, and then he conceived Reu.
And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu.
19 And after he conceived Reu, Peleg lived for two hundred and nine years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
20 Then Reu lived for thirty-two years, and then he conceived Serug.
And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug.
21 Likewise, after he conceived Serug, Reu lived for two hundred and seven years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
22 In truth, Serug lived for thirty years, and then he conceived Nahor.
And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor.
23 And after he conceived Nahor, Serug lived for two hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
24 And so Nahor lived for twenty-nine years, and then he conceived Terah.
And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.
25 And after he conceived Terah, Nahor lived for one hundred and nineteen years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived for seventy years, and then he conceived Abram, and Nahor, and Haran.
And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 And these are the generations of Terah. Terah conceived Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Next Haran conceived Lot.
And these [are] births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;
28 And Haran died before his father Terah, in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 Then Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai. And the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife [is] Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife [is] Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
30 But Sarai was barren and had no children.
And Sarai is barren — she hath no child.
31 And so Terah took his son Abram, and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and he led them away from Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. And they approached as far as Haran, and they dwelt there.
And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.
32 And the days of Terah that passed were two hundred and five years, and then he died in Haran.
And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
