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.

1 En die hele aarde het dieselfde taal gehad en een en dieselfde woorde.

2 En toe hulle wegtrek na die ooste, vind hulle 'n laagte in die land S¡near; en daar het hulle gaan woon.

3 Daarop sê hulle vir mekaar: Kom laat ons stene vorm en dit goed brand. Hulle gebruik toe die bakstene vir bousteen en die lymgrond vir klei.

4 En hulle sê: Kom, laat ons vir ons 'n stad bou en 'n toring waarvan die spits tot aan die hemel reik; en laat ons vir ons 'n naam maak, sodat ons nie oor die hele aarde verstrooid raak nie.

5 Toe daal die HERE neer om die stad en die toring te besien waaraan die mensekinders gebou het.

6 En die HERE sê: Daar is hulle nou een volk en het almal een taal! En dit is net die begin van hulle onderneming: nou sal niks vir hulle meer onmoontlik wees van wat hulle van plan is om te doen nie.

7 Kom, laat Ons neerdaal en hulle taal daar verwar, sodat die een die taal van die ander nie kan verstaan nie.

8 So het die HERE hulle dan daarvandaan oor die hele aarde verstrooi; en hulle het opgehou om die stad te bou.

9 Daarom het hulle dit Babel genoem, want daar het die HERE die taal van die hele aarde verwar, en daarvandaan het die HERE hulle oor die hele aarde verstrooi.

10 Dit is die stamboom van Sem: Toe Sem honderd jaar oud was, het hy die vader van Arpagsad geword, twee jaar n die vloed.

11 En Sem het n die geboorte van Arpagsad nog vyf honderd jaar gelewe. En hy het seuns en dogters gehad.

12 Toe Arpagsad vyf en dertig jaar oud was, het hy die vader van Selag geword.

13 En Arpagsad het n die geboorte van Selag nog vier honderd en drie jaar gelewe. En hy het seuns en dogters gehad.

14 Toe Selag dertig jaar oud was, het hy die vader van Heber geword.

15 En Selag het n die geboorte van Heber nog vier honderd en drie jaar gelewe. En hy het seuns en dogters gehad.

16 Toe Heber vier en dertig jaar oud was, het hy die vader van Peleg geword.

17 En Heber het n die geboorte van Peleg nog vier honderd en dertig jaar gelewe. En hy het seuns en dogters gehad.

18 Toe Peleg dertig jaar oud was, het hy die vader van Rehu geword.

19 En Peleg het n die geboorte van Rehu nog twee honderd en nege jaar gelewe. En hy het seuns en dogters gehad.

20 Toe Rehu twee en dertig jaar oud was, het hy die vader van Serug geword.

21 En Rehu het n die geboorte van Serug nog twee honderd en sewe jaar gelewe. En hy het seuns en dogters gehad.

22 Toe Serug dertig jaar oud was, het hy die vader van Nahor geword.

23 En Serug het n die geboorte van Nahor twee honderd jaar gelewe. En hy het seuns en dogters gehad.

24 Toe Nahor nege en twintig jaar oud was, het hy die vader van Tera geword.

25 En Nahor het n die geboorte van Tera nog honderd en negentien jaar gelewe. En hy het seuns en dogters gehad.

26 Toe Tera sewentig jaar oud was, het hy die vader geword van Abram, Nahor en Haran.

27 En dit is die stamboom van Tera: Tera het die vader geword van Abram, Nahor en Haran, en Haran van Lot.

28 En Haran het gesterwe terwyl sy vader Tera nog geleef het, in sy geboorteland, in Ur van die Chaldeërs.

29 En Abram en Nahor het vir hulle vroue geneem. Die naam van Abram se vrou was Sarai, en die naam van Nahor se vrou was Milka, die dogter van Haran, die vader van Milka en die vader van Jiska.

30 En Sarai was onvrugbaar, sy het geen kind gehad nie.

31 En Tera het sy seun Abram geneem en Lot, die seun van Haran, sy kleinseun, en Sarai, sy skoondogter, die vrou van sy seun Abram, en die het saam met hulle uit Ur van die Chaldeërs getrek om na die land Kana„n te gaan. En hulle het tot by Haran gekom en daar gaan woon.

32 En die dae van Tera was twee honderd en vyf jaar, en Tera het in Haran gesterwe.