1 Houve um tempo em que todos os habitantes do mundo falavam a mesma língua e usavam as mesmas palavras. 2 Ao migrarem do leste, encontraram uma planície na terra da Babilônia, onde se estabeleceram.

3 Começaram a dizer uns aos outros: "Venham, vamos fazer tijolos e endurecê-los no fogo". (Naquela região, era costume usar tijolos em vez de pedras, e betume em vez de argamassa.) 4 Depois, disseram: "Venham, vamos construir uma cidade com uma torre que chegue até o céu. Assim, ficaremos famosos e não seremos espalhados pelo mundo".

5 O Senhor, porém, desceu para ver a cidade e a torre que estavam construindo. 6 "Vejam!", disse o Senhor. "Todos se uniram e falam a mesma língua. Se isto é o começo do que fazem, nada do que se propuserem a fazer daqui em diante lhes será impossível. 7 Venham, vamos descer e confundi-los com línguas diferentes, para que não consigam mais entender uns aos outros."

8 Assim, o Senhor os espalhou pelo mundo inteiro, e eles pararam de construir a cidade. 9 Ela recebeu o nome de Babel, pois ali o Senhor confundiu as pessoas com línguas diferentes e as espalhou pelo mundo.

10 Este é o relato da família de Sem.

Dois anos depois do dilúvio, aos 100 anos, Sem gerou Arfaxade. 11 Depois do nascimento de Arfaxade, Sem viveu mais 500 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas.

12 Aos 35 anos, Arfaxade gerou Salá. 13 Depois do nascimento de Salá, Arfaxade viveu mais 403 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas.

14 Aos 30 anos, Salá gerou Héber. 15 Depois do nascimento de Héber, Salá viveu mais 403 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas.

16 Aos 34 anos, Héber gerou Pelegue. 17 Depois do nascimento de Pelegue, Héber viveu mais 430 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas.

18 Aos 30 anos, Pelegue gerou Reú. 19 Depois do nascimento de Reú, Pelegue viveu mais 209 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas.

20 Aos 32 anos, Reú gerou Serugue. 21 Depois do nascimento de Serugue, Reú viveu mais 207 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas.

22 Aos 30 anos, Serugue gerou Naor. 23 Depois do nascimento de Naor, Serugue viveu mais 200 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas.

24 Aos 29 anos, Naor gerou Terá. 25 Depois do nascimento de Terá, Naor viveu mais 119 anos e teve outros filhos e filhas.

26 Depois que completou 70 anos, Terá gerou Abrão, Naor e Harã.

27 Este é o relato da família de Terá, pai de Abrão, Naor e Harã. Harã, que foi o pai de Ló, 28 morreu em Ur dos caldeus, sua terra natal, enquanto seu pai, Terá, ainda vivia. 29 Tanto Abrão como Naor se casaram. A mulher de Abrão se chamava Sarai, e a mulher de Naor, Milca. (Milca e sua irmã, Iscá, eram filhas de Harã, irmão de Naor.) 30 Sarai, porém, não conseguia engravidar e não tinha filhos.

31 Certo dia, Terá tomou seu filho Abrão, sua nora Sarai (mulher de seu filho Abrão) e seu neto Ló (filho de seu filho Harã) e se mudou de Ur dos caldeus. Partiram em direção à terra de Canaã, mas pararam em Harã e se estabeleceram ali. 32 Terá viveu 205 anos e morreu enquanto ainda estava 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.