Genesis 11
1 So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech, —and of one stock of words.
And the earth was of one tongue, 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 removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and 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 neighbour: Come, let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime 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, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.
5 And Yahweh came down, to behold the city, and the tower, —which the sons of men had built.
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children 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, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.
7 Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech, —that they may not understand, each man the speech of his friend.
Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
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 scattered them from that place into all 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 therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.
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 Sem: Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
11 and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad, five hundred years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
12 And, Arpachshad, lived thirty-five years, —and begat Shelah;
And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Sale.
13 and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah, four hundred and three years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And Arphaxad lived after he begot Sale, three hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
14 And, Shelah, lived thirty years, —and begat Eber;
Sale also lived thirty years, and begot Heber.
15 and Shelah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And Sale lived after he begot Heber, four hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived thirty-four years, —and begat Peleg;
And Heber lived thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg.
17 and Eber lived after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And Heber lived after he begot Phaleg, four hundred and thirty years: and begot sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
19 and Peleg lived after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And Phaleg lived after he begot Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived thirty-two years—and begat Serug;
And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Sarug.
21 and Reu lived after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And Reu lived after he begot Sarug, two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, —and begat Nahor;
And Sarug lived thirty years, and begot Nachor.
23 and Serug lived after he begat Nahor, two hundred years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor, two hundred years: and begot sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, —and begat Terah;
And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Thare.
25 and Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, a hundred and nineteen years, —and begat sons and daughters.
And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a hundred and nineteen years: and begot sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, —and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
27 These, then are the generations of Terah, Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran, —and, Haran, begat Lot;
And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And Aran begot Lot.
28 and Haran died, in the presence of Terah his father, —in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.
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.
And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor’s wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Melcha, and father of Jescha.
30 And, Sarai, remained barren, —she had no child,
And 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 Thare took Abram, his son, and Lot the son of Aran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan: and they came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, —and Terah died in Haran.
And the days of Thare were two hundred and five years, and he died in Haran.
