Genesis 11
1 Forsothe the lond was of o langage, and of the same speche.
And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,
2 And whanne thei yeden forth fro the eest, thei fonden a feeld in the lond of Sennaar, and dwelliden ther ynne.
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 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 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 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 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 Forsothe the Lord cam down to se the citee and tour, which the sones of Adam bildiden.
And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
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 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 and scheende we there the tunge of hem, that ech man here not the voys of his neiybore.
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 departide hem fro that place in to alle londis; and thei cessiden to bielde a cytee.
And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build 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 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 ben the generaciouns of Sem. Sem was of an hundrid yeer whanne he gendride Arfaxath, twey yeer aftir the greet flood.
These [are] births of Shem: Shem [is] a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.
11 And Sem lyuede aftir that he gendride Arfaxath fyue hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
12 Forsothe Arfaxath lyuede fyue and thretti yeer, and gendride Sale;
And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.
13 and Arfaxath lyuede aftir that he gendride Sale thre hundride and thre yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
14 Also Sale lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Heber;
And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber.
15 and Sale lyuede after that he gendride Heber foure hundrid and thre yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
16 Sotheli Heber lyuede foure and thretti yeer, and gendride Falech;
And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.
17 and Heber lyuede aftir that he gendride Falech foure hundrid and thretti yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
18 Also Falech lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Reu;
And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu.
19 and Falech lyuede aftir that he gendride Reu two hundrid and nyne yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lyuede two and thretti yeer, and gendride Saruch;
And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug.
21 and Reu lyuede aftir that he gendride Saruch two hundrid and seuene yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
22 Sotheli Saruch lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Nachor;
And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor.
23 and Saruch lyuede aftir that he gendride Nacor two hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
24 Forsothe Nachor lyuede nyne and twenti yeer, and gendride Thare;
And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.
25 and Nachor lyuede after that he gendride Thare an hundrid and nynetene yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
26 And Thare lyuede seuenti yeer, and gendride Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth 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] births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;
28 and Aran diede bifore Thare, his fadir, in the lond of his natiuite, in Vr of Caldeis.
and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
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 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 Sotheli Saray was bareyn, and hadde no children.
And Sarai is barren — she hath 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.
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 daies of Thare weren maad two hundrid yeer and fyue, and he was deed in Aran.
And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
