Genesis 11
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech, —and of one stock of words.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
And it came to pass as they brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and pitch had they for morter.
Then said they, each man to his friend, Come on! let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly, —So the bricks, served them for stone, and bitumen, served them for mortar,
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
And they said Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name, —lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.
5 And Yhwh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
And Yahweh came down, to behold the city, and the tower, —which the sons of men had built.
6 And Yhwh said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Then said Yahweh: Lo! one people and one manner of speech, have they all, this, then is what they have begun to do, —now, therefore, nothing will be withholden from them which they may plan to do.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech, —that they may not understand, each man the speech of his friend.
8 So Yhwh scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
So Yahweh scattered them from thence over the face of all the earth, —and so they left off building the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because Yhwh did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Yhwh scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
For this cause, was the name thereof called Babel ["Confusion"]; because there, did Yahweh confuse the speech of all the earth, —and, from thence, did Yahweh scatter them abroad, over the face of all the earth.
10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
These, are the genealogies of Shem, Shem was a hundred years old when he begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood
11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad, five hundred years, —and begat sons and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
And, Arpachshad, lived thirty-five years, —and begat Shelah;
13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah, four hundred and three years, —and begat sons and daughters.
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
And, Shelah, lived thirty years, —and begat Eber;
15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
and Shelah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years, —and begat sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
And Eber lived thirty-four years, —and begat Peleg;
17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
and Eber lived after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, —and begat sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
and Peleg lived after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, —and begat sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
And Reu lived thirty-two years—and begat Serug;
21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
and Reu lived after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years, —and begat sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
And Serug lived thirty years, —and begat Nahor;
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
and Serug lived after he begat Nahor, two hundred years, —and begat sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, —and begat Terah;
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
and Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, a hundred and nineteen years, —and begat sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Terah lived seventy years, —and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
These, then are the generations of Terah, Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran, —and, Haran, begat Lot;
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
and Haran died, in the presence of Terah his father, —in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
And Abram and Nahor took to themselves wives; the name of Abram’s wife, was Sarai; and, the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, daughter of Haran father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
And, Sarai, remained barren, —she had no child,
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
And Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, —and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as Haran and dwelt there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, —and Terah died in Haran.
