< Genesis 11 >

1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
And it was all the earth language one and words one.
2 It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they settled there.
And it was when set out they from [the] east and they found a plain in [the] land of Shinar and they dwelt there.
3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
And they said each to neighbor his give! let us make bricks bricks and let us burn [them] to burning and became for them brick to stone and bitumen became for them to mortar.
4 They said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
And they said give! - let us build for ourselves a city and a tower and top its [will be] in the heavens and we may make for ourselves a name lest we should be scattered over [the] surface of all the earth.
5 And God came down to see the city and the tower, that humankind was building.
And he came down Yahweh to see the city and the tower which they had built [the] children of humankind.
6 And God said, "Look, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. So now nothing which they plan to do will be too difficult for them.
And he said Yahweh here! a people one and a language one [belongs] to all of them and this [is] beginning they to do and now not it will be withheld from them all that they will plan to do.
7 Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
Give! let us go down and let us confuse there language their that not they will hear each [the] language of neighbor his.
8 Then God scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth; so they ceased building the city.
And he scattered Yahweh them from there over [the] surface of all the earth and they ceased to build the city.
9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there God confused the language of all the earth. From there he scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
There-fore someone called name its Babel for there he confused Yahweh [the] language of all the earth and from there he scattered them Yahweh over [the] surface of all the earth.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
These [are] [the] accounts of Shem Shem [was] a son of one hundred year[s] and he fathered Arphaxad two years after the flood.
11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and fathered sons and daughters.
And he lived Shem after fathered he Arphaxad five hundred year[s] and he fathered sons and daughters.
12 And Arpachshad lived one hundred and thirty-five years and became the father of Kenan.
And Arphaxad he lived five and thirty year[s] and he fathered Shelah.
13 And Arpachshad lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Kenan, and fathered sons and daughters. And Kenan lived one hundred and thirty years and became the father of Shelah. And Kenan lived three hundred and thirty years after he had become the father of Shelah, and fathered sons and daughters.
And he lived Arphaxad after fathered he Shelah three years and four hundred year[s] and he fathered sons and daughters.
14 Shelah lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Eber:
And Shelah he lived thirty year[s] and he fathered Eber.
15 and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and fathered sons and daughters.
And he lived Shelah after fathered he Eber three years and four hundred year[s] and he fathered sons and daughters.
16 Eber lived one hundred and thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
And he lived Eber four and thirty year[s] and he fathered Peleg.
17 Eber lived three hundred and seventy years after he became the father of Peleg, and fathered sons and daughters.
And he lived Eber after fathered he Peleg thirty year[s] and four hundred year[s] and he fathered sons and daughters.
18 Peleg lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
And he lived Peleg thirty year[s] and he fathered Reu.
19 Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and fathered sons and daughters.
And he lived Peleg after fathered he Reu nine years and two hundred year[s] and he fathered sons and daughters.
20 Reu lived one hundred and thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
And he lived Reu two and thirty year[s] and he fathered Serug.
21 Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and fathered sons and daughters.
And he lived Reu after fathered he Serug seven years and two hundred year[s] and he fathered sons and daughters.
22 Serug lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
And he lived Serug thirty year[s] and he fathered Nahor.
23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and fathered sons and daughters.
And he lived Serug after fathered he Nahor two hundred year[s] and he fathered sons and daughters.
24 Nahor lived seventy-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
And he lived Nahor nine and twenty year[s] and he fathered Terah.
25 Nahor lived one hundred and twenty-nine years after he became the father of Terah, and fathered sons and daughters.
And he lived Nahor after fathered he Terah nine-teen year[s] and one hundred year[s] and he fathered sons and daughters.
26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And he lived Terah seventy year[s] and he fathered Abram Nahor and Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
And these [are] [the] accounts of Terah Terah he fathered Abram Nahor and Haran and Haran he fathered Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.
And he died Haran on [the] face of Terah father his in [the] land of kindred his in Ur of [the] Chaldeans.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.
And he took Abram and Nahor for themselves wives [the] name of [the] wife of Abram [was] Sarai and [the] name of [the] wife of Nahor [was] Milcah [the] daughter of Haran [the] father of Milcah and [the] father of Iscah.
30 And Sarai was barren. She had no child.
And she was Sarai barren not [belonged] to her a child.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and with them he set out from Ur Kasdim to go into the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
And he took Terah Abram son his and Lot [the] son of Haran [the] son of son his and Sarai daughter-in-law his [the] wife of Abram son his and they went out with them from Ur of [the] Chaldeans to go [the] land of towards Canaan and they came to Haran and they dwelt there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years. And Terah died in Haran.
And they were [the] days of Terah five years and two hundred year[s] and he died Terah in Haran.

< Genesis 11 >