1 No mundo todo havia apenas uma língua, um só modo de falar.

2 Saindo os homens do Oriente, encontraram uma planície em Sinear e ali se fixaram.

3 Disseram uns aos outros: "Vamos fazer tijolos e queimá-los bem". Usavam tijolos em lugar de pedras, e piche em vez de argamassa.

4 Depois disseram: "Vamos construir uma cidade, com uma torre que alcance os céus. Assim nosso nome será famoso e não seremos espalhados pela face da terra".

5 O Senhor desceu para ver a cidade e a torre que os homens estavam construindo.

6 E disse o Senhor: "Eles são um só povo e falam uma só língua, e começaram a construir isso. Em breve nada poderá impedir o que planejam fazer.

7 Venham, desçamos e confundamos a língua que falam, para que não entendam mais uns aos outros".

8 Assim o Senhor os dispersou dali por toda a terra, e pararam de construir a cidade.

9 Por isso foi chamada Babel, porque ali o Senhor confundiu a língua de todo o mundo. Dali o Senhor os espalhou por toda a terra.

10 Este é o registro da descendência de Sem: Dois anos depois do Dilúvio, aos 100 anos de idade, Sem gerou Arfaxade.

11 E depois de ter gerado Arfaxade, Sem viveu 500 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.

12 Aos 35 anos, Arfaxade gerou Salá.

13 Depois que gerou Salá, Arfaxade viveu 403 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.

14 Aos 30 anos, Salá gerou Héber.

15 Depois que gerou Héber, Salá viveu 403 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.

16 Aos 34 anos, Héber gerou Pelegue.

17 Depois que gerou Pelegue, Héber viveu 430 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.

18 Aos 30 anos, Pelegue gerou Reú.

19 Depois que gerou Reú, Pelegue viveu 209 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.

20 Aos 32 anos, Reú gerou Serugue.

21 Depois que gerou Serugue, Reú viveu 207 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.

22 Aos 30 anos, Serugue gerou Naor.

23 Depois que gerou Naor, Serugue viveu 200 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.

24 Aos 29 anos, Naor gerou Terá.

25 Depois que gerou Terá, Naor viveu 119 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.

26 Aos 70 anos, Terá havia gerado Abrão, Naor e Harã.

27 Esta é a história da família de Terá: Terá gerou Abrão, Naor e Harã. E Harã gerou Ló.

28 Harã morreu em Ur dos caldeus, sua terra natal, quando ainda vivia Terá, seu pai.

29 Tanto Abrão como Naor casaram-se. O nome da mulher de Abrão era Sarai, e o nome da mulher de Naor era Milca; esta era filha de Harã, pai de Milca e de Iscá.

30 Ora, Sarai era estéril; não tinha filhos.

31 Terá tomou seu filho Abrão, seu neto Ló, filho de Harã, e sua nora Sarai, mulher de seu filho Abrão, e juntos partiram de Ur dos caldeus para Canaã. Mas, ao chegarem a Harã, estabeleceram-se ali.

32 Terá viveu 205 anos e morreu em Harã.

1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech. 2 As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there. 3 They said to one another, "Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. 4 They 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."

5 Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. 6 Yahweh 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. 7 Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech." 8 So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

10 This 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. 11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

12 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah. 13 Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

14 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber. 15 Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

16 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg. 17 Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

18 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu. 19 Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

20 Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug. 21 Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

22 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor. 23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah. 25 Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27 Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot. 28 Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive. 29 Abram 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. 30 Sarai was barren. She had no child. 31 Terah 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. 32 The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.