Genesis 11
1 Erat autem terra labii unius, et sermonum eorumdem.
And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 Cumque proficiscerentur de oriente, invenerunt campum in terra Senaar, et habitaverunt in eo.
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 Dixitque alter ad proximum suum: Venite, faciamus lateres, et coquamus eos igni. Habueruntque lateres pro saxis, et bitumen pro cæmento:
And they said one to another: 'Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.' And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
4 et dixerunt: Venite, faciamus nobis civitatem et turrim, cuius culmen pertingat ad cælum: et celebremus nomen nostrum antequam dividamur in universas terras.
And they said: 'Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.'
5 Descendit autem Dominus ut videret civitatem et turrim, quam ædificabant filii Adam,
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6 et dixit: Ecce, unus est populus, et unum labium omnibus: cœperuntque hoc facere, nec desistent a cogitationibus suis, donec eas opere compleant.
And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
7 Venite igitur, descendamus, et confundamus ibi linguam eorum, ut non audiat unusquisque vocem proximi sui.
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.'
8 Atque ita divisit eos Dominus ex illo loco in universas terras, et cessaverunt ædificare civitatem.
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.
9 Et idcirco vocatum est nomen eius Babel, quia ibi confusum est labium universæ terræ: et inde dispersit eos Dominus super faciem cunctarum regionum.
Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth; and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
10 Hæ sunt generationes Sem: Sem erat centum annorum quando genuit Arphaxad, biennio post diluvium.
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood.
11 Vixitque Sem postquam genuit Arphaxad, quingentis annis: et genuit filios et filias.
And Shem lived after he begot Arpachshad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
12 Porro Arphaxad vixit triginta quinque annis, et genuit Sale.
And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah.
13 Vixitque Arphaxad postquam genuit Sale, trecentis tribus annis: et genuit filios et filias.
And Arpachshad lived after he begot Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
14 Sale quoque vixit triginta annis, et genuit Heber.
And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
15 Vixitque Sale postquam genuit Heber, quadringentis tribus annis: et genuit filios et filias.
And Shelah lived after he begot Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
16 Vixit autem Heber triginta quatuor annis, et genuit Phaleg.
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg.
17 Et vixit Heber postquam genuit Phaleg, quadringentis triginta annis: et genuit filios et filias.
And Eber lived after he begot Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
18 Vixit quoque Phaleg triginta annis, et genuit Reu.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
19 Vixitque Phaleg postquam genuit Reu, ducentis novem annis, et genuit filios et filias.
And Peleg lived after he begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
20 Vixit autem Reu triginta duobus annis, et genuit Sarug.
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug.
21 Vixit quoque Reu postquam genuit Sarug, ducentis septem annis: et genuit filios et filias.
And Reu lived after he begot Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
22 Vixit vero Sarug triginta annis, et genuit Nachor.
And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
23 Vixitque Sarug postquam genuit Nachor, ducentis annis: et genuit filios et filias.
And Serug lived after he begot Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
24 Vixit autem Nachor viginti novem annis, et genuit Thare.
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah.
25 Vixitque Nachor postquam genuit Thare, centum decem et novem annis: et genuit filios et filias.
And Nahor lived after he begot Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
26 Vixitque Thare septuaginta annis, et genuit Abram et Nachor, et Aran.
And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Hæ sunt autem generationes Thare: Thare genuit Abram, Nachor, et Aran. Porro Aran genuit Lot.
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
28 Mortuusque est Aran ante Thare patrem suum, in terra nativitatis suæ in Ur Chaldæorum.
And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 Duxerunt autem Abram et Nachor uxores: nomen uxoris Abram, Sarai: et nomen uxoris Nachor, Melcha filia Aran patris Melchæ, et patris Ieschæ.
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.
30 Erat autem Sarai sterilis, nec habebat liberos.
And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 Tulit itaque Thare Abram filium suum, et Lot filium Aran, filium filii sui, et Sarai nurum suam, uxorem Abram filii sui, et eduxit eos de Ur Chaldæorum, ut irent in terram Chanaan: veneruntque usque Haran, et habitaverunt ibi.
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.
32 Et facti sunt dies Thare ducentorum quinque annorum, et mortuus est in Haran.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
