Genesis 11
1 Forsothe the lond was of o langage, and of the same speche.
And all the world was of one tonge and one language.
2 And whanne thei yeden forth fro the eest, thei fonden a feeld in the lond of Sennaar, and dwelliden ther ynne.
And as they came from the east they founde a playne in the lande of Synear and there they dwelled.
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;
And they sayd one to a nother: come on let us make brycke ad burne it wyth fyre. So brycke was there stone and slyme was there morter
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.
And they sayd: Come on let vs buylde vs a cyte and a toure that the toppe may reach vnto heauen. And let vs make us a name for perauenture we shall be scatered abrode over all the erth.
5 Forsothe the Lord cam down to se the citee and tour, which the sones of Adam bildiden.
And the LORde came downe to see the cyte and the toure which the childern of Ada had buylded.
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,
And the LORde sayd: See the people is one and haue one tonge amonge them all. And thys haue they begon to do and wyll not leaue of from all that they haue purposed to do.
7 and scheende we there the tunge of hem, that ech man here not the voys of his neiybore.
Come on let vs descende and myngell theire tonge even there that one vnderstonde not what a nother sayeth.
8 And so the Lord departide hem fro that place in to alle londis; and thei cessiden to bielde a cytee.
Thus ye LORde skatered them from thence vppon all the erth. And they left of to buylde the cyte.
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.
Wherfore the name of it is called Babell because that the LORDE there confounded the tonge of all the world. And because that the LORde from thence skatered them abrode vppon all the erth.
10 These ben the generaciouns of Sem. Sem was of an hundrid yeer whanne he gendride Arfaxath, twey yeer aftir the greet flood.
These are the generations of Sem: Se was an hundred yere olde and begat Arcphachsad ij. yere after the floude.
11 And Sem lyuede aftir that he gendride Arfaxath fyue hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
And Se lyved after he had begot Arphachsad. v. hundred yere an begat sonnes and doughters.
12 Forsothe Arfaxath lyuede fyue and thretti yeer, and gendride Sale;
And Arphacsad lyued. xxxv. yere and begat Sala
13 and Arfaxath lyuede aftir that he gendride Sale thre hundride and thre yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
and lyved after he had begot Sala iiij. hudred yere and. iij and begat sonnes and doughters.
14 Also Sale lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Heber;
And Sala was. xxx. yere old and begat Eber
15 and Sale lyuede after that he gendride Heber foure hundrid and thre yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
ad lyued after he had begot Eber. iiij. hudred and thre yere ad begat sonnes and doughters
16 Sotheli Heber lyuede foure and thretti yeer, and gendride Falech;
When Eber was. xxxiiij. yere olde he begat Peleg
17 and Heber lyuede aftir that he gendride Falech foure hundrid and thretti yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
and lyued after he had begot Peleg foure hundred and. xxx. yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
18 Also Falech lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Reu;
And Peleg when he was. xxx. yere olde begat Regu
19 and Falech lyuede aftir that he gendride Reu two hundrid and nyne yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
and lyued after he had begot Regu. ij. hundred and. ix. yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
20 And Reu lyuede two and thretti yeer, and gendride Saruch;
And Regu when he had lyued. xxxij. yere begat Serug
21 and Reu lyuede aftir that he gendride Saruch two hundrid and seuene yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
and lyued after he had begot Serug. ij. hundred and. vij. yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
22 Sotheli Saruch lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Nachor;
And when Serug was. xxx. yere olde he begat Nahor
23 and Saruch lyuede aftir that he gendride Nacor two hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
and lyued after he had begot Nahor. ij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
24 Forsothe Nachor lyuede nyne and twenti yeer, and gendride Thare;
And Nahor when he was. xxix. yere olde begat Terah
25 and Nachor lyuede after that he gendride Thare an hundrid and nynetene yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
and lyved after he had begot Terah an hundred and. xix. yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
26 And Thare lyuede seuenti yeer, and gendride Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
And when Terah was. lxx. yere olde he begat Abram Nahor and Haran.
27 Sotheli these ben the generaciouns of Thare. Thare gendride Abram, Nachor, and Aran. Forsothe Aran gendride Loth;
And these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram Nahor and Haran. And Haran begat Lot.
28 and Aran diede bifore Thare, his fadir, in the lond of his natiuite, in Vr of Caldeis.
And Haran dyed before Terah his father in the londe where he was borne at Vr in Chaldea.
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.
And Abram and Nahor toke them wyves. Abras wyfe was called Sarai. And Nahors wyfe Mylca the doughter of Haran which was father of Milca ad of Iisca.
30 Sotheli Saray was bareyn, and hadde no children.
But Sarai was baren and had no childe.
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.
Than toke Terah Abram his sonne and Lot his sonne Harans sonne and Sarai his doughter in lawe his sone Abrams wyfe. And they went wyth hym from Vr in Chaldea to go in to the lade of Chanaan. And they came to Haran and dwelled there.
32 And the daies of Thare weren maad two hundrid yeer and fyue, and he was deed in Aran.
And when Terah was ij. hundred yere old and. v. he dyed in Haran.
