1 And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
2 And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.
3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.
4 And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
5 And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
6 And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.
7 Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
8 So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.
9 So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;
11 And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
12 And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:
13 And after the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
14 And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:
15 And after the birth of Eber, Shelah went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
16 And Eber was thirty-four years old when he became the father of Peleg:
17 And after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:
18 And Peleg was thirty years old when he became the father of Reu:
19 And after the birth of Reu, Peleg went on living for two hundred and nine years, and had sons and daughters:
20 And Reu was thirty-two years old when he became the father of Serug:
21 And after the birth of Serug, Reu went on living for two hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:
22 And Serug was thirty years old when he became the father of Nahor:
23 And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
24 And Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he became the father of Terah:
25 And after the birth of Terah, Nahor went on living for a hundred and nineteen years, and had sons and daughters:
26 And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
28 And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: 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 Iscah.
30 And Sarai had no child.
31 And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.
32 And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.
1 На всей земле был один язык и одно наречие.
2 Двинувшись с востока, они нашли в земле Сеннаар равнину и поселились там.
3 И сказали друг другу: наделаем кирпичей и обожжем огнем. И стали у них кирпичи вместо камней, а земляная смола вместо извести.
4 И сказали они: построим себе город и башню, высотою до небес, и сделаем себе имя, прежде нежели рассеемся по лицу всей земли.
5 И сошел Господь посмотреть город и башню, которые строили сыны человеческие.
6 И сказал Господь: вот, один народ, и один у всех язык; и вот что начали они делать, и не отстанут они от того, что задумали делать;
7 сойдем же и смешаем там язык их, так чтобы один не понимал речи другого.
8 И рассеял их Господь оттуда по всей земле; и они перестали строить город.
9 Посему дано ему имя: Вавилон, ибо там смешал Господь язык всей земли, и оттуда рассеял их Господь по всей земле.
10 Вот родословие Сима: Сим был ста лет и родил Арфаксада, чрез два года после потопа;
11 по рождении Арфаксада Сим жил пятьсот лет и родил сынов и дочерей.
12 Арфаксад жил тридцать пять лет и родил Салу.
13 По рождении Салы Арфаксад жил четыреста три года и родил сынов и дочерей.
14 Сала жил тридцать лет и родил Евера.
15 По рождении Евера Сала жил четыреста три года и родил сынов и дочерей.
16 Евер жил тридцать четыре года и родил Фалека.
17 По рождении Фалека Евер жил четыреста тридцать лет и родил сынов и дочерей.
18 Фалек жил тридцать лет и родил Рагава.
19 По рождении Рагава Фалек жил двести девять лет и родил сынов и дочерей.
20 Рагав жил тридцать два года и родил Серуха.
21 По рождении Серуха Рагав жил двести семь лет и родил сынов и дочерей.
22 Серух жил тридцать лет и родил Нахора.
23 По рождении Нахора Серух жил двести лет и родил сынов и дочерей.
24 Нахор жил двадцать девять лет и родил Фарру.
25 По рождении Фарры Нахор жил сто девятнадцать лет и родил сынов и дочерей.
26 Фарра жил семьдесят лет и родил Аврама, Нахора и Арана.
27 Вот родословие Фарры: Фарра родил Аврама, Нахора и Арана. Аран родил Лота.
28 И умер Аран при Фарре, отце своем, в земле рождения своего, в Уре Халдейском.
29 Аврам и Нахор взяли себе жен; имя жены Аврамовой: Сара; имя жены Нахоровой: Милка, дочь Арана, отца Милки и отца Иски.
30 И Сара была неплодна и бездетна.
31 И взял Фарра Аврама, сына своего, и Лота, сына Аранова, внука своего, и Сару, невестку свою, жену Аврама, сына своего, и вышел с ними из Ура Халдейского, чтобы идти в землю Ханаанскую; но, дойдя до Харрана, они остановились там.
32 И было дней [жизни] Фарры двести пять лет, и умер Фарра в Харране.