1 Em toda a terra havia apenas uma língua e uma só maneira de falar.

2 Os homens partiram do Oriente, encontraram uma planície na terra de Sinar e habitaram ali. 3 E disseram uns aos outros:

— Venham, vamos fazer tijolos e queimá-los bem.

Os tijolos lhes serviram de pedra, e o betume, de argamassa. 4 Disseram:

— Venham, vamos construir uma cidade e uma torre cujo topo chegue até os céus e tornemos célebre o nosso nome, para que não sejamos espalhados por toda a terra.

5 Então o Senhor desceu para ver a cidade e a torre, que os filhos dos homens estavam construindo. 6 E o Senhor disse:

— Eis que o povo é um, e todos têm a mesma língua. Isto é apenas o começo; agora não haverá restrição para tudo o que planejam fazer. 7 Venham, vamos descer e confundir a língua que eles falam, para que um não entenda o que o outro está dizendo.

8 Assim o Senhor os dispersou dali pela superfície da terra; e pararam de edificar a cidade. 9 Por isso a cidade foi chamada de Babel, porque ali o Senhor confundiu a língua de toda a terra e dali o Senhor os dispersou por toda a superfície dela.

10 São estas as gerações de Sem. Ele tinha cem anos de idade quando gerou Arfaxade, dois anos depois do dilúvio. 11 E, depois que gerou Arfaxade, Sem viveu quinhentos anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.

12 Arfaxade viveu trinta e cinco anos e gerou Salá. 13 E, depois que gerou Salá, Arfaxade viveu quatrocentos e três anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.

14 Salá viveu trinta anos e gerou Héber; 15 e, depois que gerou Héber, Salá viveu quatrocentos e três anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.

16 Héber viveu trinta e quatro anos e gerou Pelegue; 17 e, depois que gerou Pelegue, Héber viveu quatrocentos e trinta anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.

18 Pelegue viveu trinta anos e gerou Reú; 19 e, depois que gerou Reú, Pelegue viveu duzentos e nove anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.

20 Reú viveu trinta e dois anos e gerou Serugue; 21 e, depois que gerou Serugue, Reú viveu duzentos e sete anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.

22 Serugue viveu trinta anos e gerou Naor; 23 e, depois que gerou Naor, Serugue viveu duzentos anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.

24 Naor viveu vinte e nove anos e gerou Tera; 25 e, depois que gerou Tera, Naor viveu cento e dezenove anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.

26 Tera viveu setenta anos e gerou Abrão, Naor e Harã.

27 São estas as gerações de Tera. Tera gerou Abrão, Naor e Harã; e Harã gerou Ló. 28 Harã morreu na terra de seu nascimento, em Ur dos caldeus, estando Tera, seu pai, ainda vivo. 29 Abrão e Naor tomaram para si mulheres. A mulher de Abrão se chamava Sarai, e a mulher de Naor era Milca, filha de Harã, que foi pai de Milca e de Iscá. 30 Sarai era estéril, não tinha filhos.

31 Tera tomou Abrão, seu filho, e Ló, filho de Harã, filho de seu filho, e 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 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.