1The whole earth was of one language and of one speech. 2As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there. 3They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. 4They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
5The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. 6The Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do. 7Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8So the Lord scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city. 9Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. From there, the Lord scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
10This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
12Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah. 13Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
14Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber. 15Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
16Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg. 17Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
18Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu. 19Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
20Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug. 21Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
22Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor. 23Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
24Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah. 25Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
26Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot. 28Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive. 29Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah. 30Sarai was barren. She had no child. 31Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there. 32The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
1Erat autem terra labii unius, et sermonum eorumdem. 2Cumque proficiscerentur de oriente, invenerunt campum in terra Sennaar, et habitaverunt in eo. 3Dixitque alter ad proximum suum: Venite, faciamus lateres, et coquamus eos igni. Habueruntque lateres pro saxis, et bitumen pro cæmento: 4et dixerunt: Venite, faciamus nobis civitatem et turrim, cujus culmen pertingat ad cælum: et celebremus nomen nostrum antequam dividamur in universas terras. 5Descendit autem Dominus ut videret civitatem et turrim, quam ædificabant filii Adam, 6et dixit: Ecce, unus est populus, et unum labium omnibus: cœperuntque hoc facere, nec desistent a cogitationibus suis, donec eas opere compleant. 7Venite igitur, descendamus, et confundamus ibi linguam eorum, ut non audiat unusquisque vocem proximi sui. 8Atque ita divisit eos Dominus ex illo loco in universas terras, et cessaverunt ædificare civitatem. 9Et idcirco vocatum est nomen ejus Babel, quia ibi confusum est labium universæ terræ: et inde dispersit eos Dominus super faciem cunctarum regionum. 10Hæ sunt generationes Sem: Sem erat centum annorum quando genuit Arphaxad, biennio post diluvium. 11Vixitque Sem, postquam genuit Arphaxad, quingentis annis: et genuit filios et filias. 12Porro Arphaxad vixit triginta quinque annis, et genuit Sale. 13Vixitque Arphaxad, postquam genuit Sale, trecentis tribus annis: et genuit filios et filias. 14Sale quoque vixit triginta annis, et genuit Heber. 15Vixitque Sale, postquam genuit Heber, quadringentis tribus annis: et genuit filios et filias. 16Vixit autem Heber triginta quatuor annis, et genuit Phaleg. 17Et vixit Heber postquam genuit Phaleg, quadringentis triginta annis: et genuit filios et filias. 18Vixit quoque Phaleg triginta annis, et genuit Reu. 19Vixitque Phaleg, postquam genuit Reu, ducentis novem annis: et genuit filios et filias. 20Vixit autem Reu triginta duobus annis, et genuit Sarug. 21Vixit quoque Reu, postquam genuit Sarug, ducentis septem annis: et genuit filios et filias. 22Vixit vero Sarug triginta annis, et genuit Nachor. 23Vixitque Sarug, postquam genuit Nachor, ducentis annis: et genuit filios et filias. 24Vixit autem Nachor viginti novem annis, et genuit Thare. 25Vixitque Nachor, postquam genuit Thare, centum decem et novem annis: et genuit filios et filias. 26Vixitque Thare septuaginta annis, et genuit Abram, et Nachor, et Aran. 27Hæ sunt autem generationes Thare: Thare genuit Abram, Nachor et Aran. Porro Aran genuit Lot. 28Mortuusque est Aran ante Thare patrem suum, in terra nativitatis suæ, in Ur Chaldæorum. 29Duxerunt autem Abram et Nachor uxores: nomen uxoris Abram, Sarai: et nomen uxoris Nachor, Melcha filia Aran, patris Melchæ, et patris Jeschæ. 30Erat autem Sarai sterilis, nec habebat liberos. 31Tulit 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. 32Et facti sunt dies Thare ducentorum quinque annorum, et mortuus est in Haran.