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 Ora, toda a terra tinha uma só língua e um só idioma.
2 E deslocando-se os homens para o oriente, acharam um vale na terra de Sinar; e ali habitaram.
3 Disseram uns aos outros: Eia pois, façamos tijolos, e queimemo-los bem. Os tijolos lhes serviram de pedras e o betume de argamassa.
4 Disseram mais: Eia, edifiquemos para nós uma cidade e uma torre cujo cume toque no céu, e façamo-nos um nome, para que não sejamos espalhados sobre a face de toda a terra.
5 Então desceu o Senhor para ver a cidade e a torre que os filhos dos homens edificavam;
6 e disse: Eis que o povo é um e todos têm uma só língua; e isto é o que começam a fazer; agora não haverá restrição para tudo o que eles intentarem fazer.
7 Eia, desçamos, e confundamos ali a sua linguagem, para que não entenda um a língua do outro.
8 Assim o Senhor os espalhou dali sobre a face de toda a terra; e cessaram de edificar a cidade.
9 Por isso se chamou o seu nome Babel, porquanto ali confundiu o Senhor a linguagem de toda a terra, e dali o Senhor os espalhou sobre a face de toda a terra.
10 Estas são as gerações de Sem. Tinha ele cem anos, quando gerou a Arfaxade, dois anos depois do dilúvio.
11 E viveu Sem, depois que gerou a Arfaxade, quinhentos anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
12 Arfaxade viveu trinta e cinco anos, e gerou a Selá.
13 Viveu Arfaxade, depois que gerou a Selá, quatrocentos e três anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
14 Selá viveu trinta anos, e gerou a Eber.
15 Viveu Selá, depois que gerou a Eber, quatrocentos e três anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
16 Eber viveu trinta e quatro anos, e gerou a Pelegue.
17 Viveu Eber, depois que gerou a Pelegue, quatrocentos e trinta anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
18 Pelegue viveu trinta anos, e gerou a Reú.
19 Viveu Pelegue, depois que gerou a Reú, duzentos e nove anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
20 Reú viveu trinta e dois anos, e gerou a Serugue.
21 Viveu Reú, depois que gerou a Serugue, duzentos e sete anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
22 Serugue viveu trinta anos, e gerou a Naor.
23 Viveu Serugue, depois que gerou a Naor, duzentos anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
24 Naor viveu vinte e nove anos, e gerou a Tera.
25 Viveu Naor, depois que gerou a Tera, cento e dezenove anos; e gerou filhos e filhas.
26 Tera viveu setenta anos, e gerou a Abrão, a Naor e a Harã.
27 Estas são as gerações de Tera: Tera gerou a Abrão, a Naor e a Harã; e Harã gerou a Ló.
28 Harã morreu antes de seu pai Tera, na terra do seu nascimento, em Ur dos Caldeus.
29 Abrão e Naor tomaram mulheres para si: o nome da mulher de Abrão era Sarai, e o nome da mulher do Naor era Milca, filha de Harã, que foi pai de Milca e de Iscá.
30 Sarai era estéril; não tinha filhos.
31 Tomou Tera a Abrão seu filho, e a Ló filho de Harã, filho de seu filho, e a Sarai sua nora, mulher de seu filho Abrão, e saiu com eles de Ur dos Caldeus, a fim de ir para a terra de Canaã; e vieram até Harã, e ali habitaram.
32 Foram os dias de Tera duzentos e cinco anos; e morreu Tera em Harã.