1 Ora, em toda a terra havia apenas uma linguagem e uma só maneira de falar. 2 Sucedeu que, partindo eles do Oriente, deram com uma planície na terra de Sinar; e habitaram ali. 3 E disseram uns aos outros: Vinde, façamos tijolos e queimemo-los bem. Os tijolos serviram-lhes de pedra, e o betume, de argamassa. 4 Disseram: Vinde, edifiquemos para nós uma cidade e uma torre cujo tope chegue até aos céus e tornemos célebre o nosso nome, para que não sejamos espalhados por toda a terra. 5 Então, desceu o Senhor para ver a cidade e a torre, que os filhos dos homens edificavam; 6 e o Senhor disse: Eis que o povo é um, e todos têm a mesma linguagem. Isto é apenas o começo; agora não haverá restrição para tudo que intentam fazer. 7 Vinde, desçamos e confundamos ali a sua linguagem, para que um não entenda a linguagem de outro. 8 Destarte, o Senhor os dispersou dali pela superfície da terra; e cessaram de edificar a cidade. 9 Chamou-se-lhe, por isso, o nome de Babel, porque ali confundiu o Senhor a linguagem de toda a terra e dali o Senhor os dispersou por toda a superfície dela.
10 São estas as gerações de Sem. Ora, ele era da idade de cem anos quando gerou a Arfaxade, dois anos depois do dilúvio; 11 e, depois que gerou a Arfaxade, viveu Sem quinhentos anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
12 Viveu Arfaxade trinta e cinco anos e gerou a Salá; 13 e, depois que gerou a Salá, viveu Arfaxade quatrocentos e três anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
14 Viveu Salá trinta anos e gerou a Héber; 15 e, depois que gerou a Héber, viveu Salá quatrocentos e três anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
16 Viveu Héber trinta e quatro anos e gerou a Pelegue; 17 e, depois que gerou a Pelegue, viveu Héber quatrocentos e trinta anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
18 Viveu Pelegue trinta anos e gerou a Reú; 19 e, depois que gerou a Reú, viveu Pelegue duzentos e nove anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
20 Viveu Reú trinta e dois anos e gerou a Serugue; 21 e, depois que gerou a Serugue, viveu Reú duzentos e sete anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
22 Viveu Serugue trinta anos e gerou a Naor; 23 e, depois que gerou a Naor, viveu Serugue duzentos anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
24 Viveu Naor vinte e nove anos e gerou a Tera; 25 e, depois que gerou a Tera, viveu Naor cento e dezenove anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
26 Viveu Tera setenta anos e gerou a Abrão, a Naor e a Harã.
27 São estas as gerações de Tera. Tera gerou a Abrão, a Naor e a Harã; e Harã gerou a Ló. 28 Morreu Harã na terra de seu nascimento, em Ur dos caldeus, estando Tera, seu pai, ainda vivo. 29 Abrão e Naor tomaram para si mulheres; a de Abrão chamava-se Sarai, a de Naor, Milca, filha de Harã, que foi pai de Milca e de Iscá. 30 Sarai era estéril, não tinha filhos.
31 Tomou Tera a Abrão, seu filho, e a Ló, filho de Harã, filho de seu filho, e a Sarai, sua nora, mulher de seu filho Abrão, e saiu com eles de Ur dos caldeus, para ir à terra de Canaã; foram até Harã, onde ficaram. 32 E, havendo Tera vivido duzentos e cinco anos ao todo, morreu em Harã.
1 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 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 And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And Jehovah 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 Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. 8 So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood: 11 and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
12 And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah: 13 and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 15 and Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: 17 and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 19 and Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: 21 and Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: 23 and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: 25 and Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 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 And Sarai was barren; She had no child. 31 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 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
2 As people moved eastward, "they found a plain in Shinar "and settled there.
3 They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.
4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth."
5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
6 The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other."
8 So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9 That is why it was called Babel "—because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
10 This is the account of Shem's family line. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father "of Arphaxad.
11 And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
12 When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. [^5]
14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
15 And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.
17 And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu.
19 And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.
21 And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor.
23 And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.
25 And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.
27 This is the account of Terah's family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.
29 Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah.
30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.
32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.