Genesis 11
1 So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech, —and of one stock of words.
Now the earth was of one language and of the same speech.
2 And it came to pass as they brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
And when they were advancing from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt in it.
3 Then said they, each man to his friend, Come on! let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly, —So the bricks, served them for stone, and bitumen, served them for mortar,
And each one said to his neighbor, “Come, let us make bricks, and bake them with fire.” And they had bricks instead of stones, and pitch instead of mortar.
4 And they said Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name, —lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.
And they said: “Come, let us make a city and a tower, so that its height may reach to heaven. And let us make our name famous before we are divided into all the lands.”
5 And Yahweh came down, to behold the city, and the tower, —which the sons of men had built.
Then the Lord descended to see the city and the tower, which the sons of Adam were building.
6 Then said Yahweh: Lo! one people and one manner of speech, have they all, this, then is what they have begun to do, —now, therefore, nothing will be withholden from them which they may plan to do.
And he said: “Behold, the people are united, and all have one tongue. And since they have begun to do this, they will not desist from their plans, until they have completed their work.
7 Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech, —that they may not understand, each man the speech of his friend.
Therefore, come, let us descend, and in that place confound their tongue, so that they may not listen, each one to the voice of his neighbor.”
8 So Yahweh scattered them from thence over the face of all the earth, —and so they left off building the city.
And so the Lord divided them from that place into all the lands, and they ceased to build the city.
9 For this cause, was the name thereof called Babel ["Confusion"]; because there, did Yahweh confuse the speech of all the earth, —and, from thence, did Yahweh scatter them abroad, over the face of all the earth.
And for this reason, its name was called ‘Babel,’ because in that place the language of the whole earth became confused. And from then on, the Lord scattered them across the face of every region.
10 These, are the genealogies of Shem, Shem was a hundred years old when he begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old when he conceived Arphaxad, two years after the great flood.
11 and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad, five hundred years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And after he conceived Arphaxad, Shem lived for five hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
12 And, Arpachshad, lived thirty-five years, —and begat Shelah;
Next, Arphaxad lived for thirty-five years, and then he conceived Shelah.
13 and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah, four hundred and three years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And after he conceived Shelah, Arphaxad lived for three hundred and three years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
14 And, Shelah, lived thirty years, —and begat Eber;
Likewise, Shelah lived for thirty years, and then he conceived Eber.
15 and Shelah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And after he conceived Eber, Shelah lived for four hundred and three years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived thirty-four years, —and begat Peleg;
Then Eber lived for thirty-four years, and he conceived Peleg.
17 and Eber lived after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And after he conceived Peleg, Eber lived for four hundred and thirty years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
Likewise, Peleg lived for thirty years, and then he conceived Reu.
19 and Peleg lived after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And after he conceived Reu, Peleg lived for two hundred and nine years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived thirty-two years—and begat Serug;
Then Reu lived for thirty-two years, and then he conceived Serug.
21 and Reu lived after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years, —and begat sons and daughters.
Likewise, after he conceived Serug, Reu lived for two hundred and seven years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, —and begat Nahor;
In truth, Serug lived for thirty years, and then he conceived Nahor.
23 and Serug lived after he begat Nahor, two hundred years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And after he conceived Nahor, Serug lived for two hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, —and begat Terah;
And so Nahor lived for twenty-nine years, and then he conceived Terah.
25 and Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, a hundred and nineteen years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And after he conceived Terah, Nahor lived for one hundred and nineteen years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, —and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Terah lived for seventy years, and then he conceived Abram, and Nahor, and Haran.
27 These, then are the generations of Terah, Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran, —and, Haran, begat Lot;
And these are the generations of Terah. Terah conceived Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Next Haran conceived Lot.
28 and Haran died, in the presence of Terah his father, —in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
And Haran died before his father Terah, in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 And Abram and Nahor took to themselves wives; the name of Abram’s wife, was Sarai; and, the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, daughter of Haran father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
Then Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai. And the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
30 And, Sarai, remained barren, —she had no child,
But Sarai was barren and had no children.
31 And Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, —and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as Haran and dwelt there.
And so Terah took his son Abram, and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and he led them away from Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. And they approached as far as Haran, and they dwelt there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, —and Terah died in Haran.
And the days of Terah that passed were two hundred and five years, and then he died in Haran.
