Genesis 11
1 Forsothe the lond was of o langage, and of the same speche.
The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 And whanne thei yeden forth fro the eest, thei fonden a feeld in the lond of Sennaar, and dwelliden ther ynne.
As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
3 And oon seide to his neiybore, Come ye, and make we tiel stonys, and bake we tho with fier; and thei hadden tiel for stonus, and pitche for morter;
They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
4 and seiden, Come ye, and make we to vs a citee and tour, whos hiynesse stretche `til to heuene; and make we solempne oure name bifor that we be departid in to alle londis.
They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
5 Forsothe the Lord cam down to se the citee and tour, which the sones of Adam bildiden.
The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
6 And he seide, Lo! the puple is oon, and o langage is to alle, and thei han bigunne to make this, nethir thei schulen ceesse of her thouytis, til thei fillen tho in werk; therfor come ye, go we doun,
The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
7 and scheende we there the tunge of hem, that ech man here not the voys of his neiybore.
Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
8 And so the Lord departide hem fro that place in to alle londis; and thei cessiden to bielde a cytee.
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
9 And therfor the name therof was clepid Babel, for the langage of al erthe was confoundide there; and fro thennus the Lord scaterede hem on the face of alle cuntrees.
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
10 These ben the generaciouns of Sem. Sem was of an hundrid yeer whanne he gendride Arfaxath, twey yeer aftir the greet flood.
This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
11 And Sem lyuede aftir that he gendride Arfaxath fyue hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
12 Forsothe Arfaxath lyuede fyue and thretti yeer, and gendride Sale;
Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.
13 and Arfaxath lyuede aftir that he gendride Sale thre hundride and thre yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
14 Also Sale lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Heber;
Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
15 and Sale lyuede after that he gendride Heber foure hundrid and thre yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
16 Sotheli Heber lyuede foure and thretti yeer, and gendride Falech;
Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
17 and Heber lyuede aftir that he gendride Falech foure hundrid and thretti yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
18 Also Falech lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Reu;
Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
19 and Falech lyuede aftir that he gendride Reu two hundrid and nyne yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lyuede two and thretti yeer, and gendride Saruch;
Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
21 and Reu lyuede aftir that he gendride Saruch two hundrid and seuene yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
22 Sotheli Saruch lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Nachor;
Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
23 and Saruch lyuede aftir that he gendride Nacor two hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
24 Forsothe Nachor lyuede nyne and twenti yeer, and gendride Thare;
Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
25 and Nachor lyuede after that he gendride Thare an hundrid and nynetene yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
26 And Thare lyuede seuenti yeer, and gendride Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Sotheli these ben the generaciouns of Thare. Thare gendride Abram, Nachor, and Aran. Forsothe Aran gendride Loth;
Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
28 and Aran diede bifore Thare, his fadir, in the lond of his natiuite, in Vr of Caldeis.
Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
29 Forsothe Abram and Nachor weddiden wyues; the name of the wijf of Abram was Saray, and the name of the wiif of Nachor was Melcha, the douyter of Aran, fadir of Melcha and fadir of Jescha.
Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.
30 Sotheli Saray was bareyn, and hadde no children.
Sarai was barren. She had no child.
31 And so Thare took Abram, his sone, and Loth, the sone of Aran his sone, and Saray, his douyter in lawe, the wijf of Abram, his sone, and ledde hem out of Vr of Caldeis, that thei schulen go in to the lond of Chanaan; and thei camen `til to Aran, and dwelliden there.
Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
32 And the daies of Thare weren maad two hundrid yeer and fyue, and he was deed in Aran.
The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
