1 Now the whole earth had one language and few words.
2 And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built.
6 And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
7 Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
9 Therefore its name was called Ba'bel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
10 These are the descendants of Shem. When Shem was a hundred years old, he became the father of Arpach'shad two years after the flood;
11 and Shem lived after the birth of Arpach'shad five hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.
12 When Arpach'shad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah;
13 and Arpach'shad lived after the birth of Shelah four hundred and three years, and had other sons and daughters.
14 When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber;
15 and Shelah lived after the birth of Eber four hundred and three years, and had other sons and daughters.
16 When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg;
17 and Eber lived after the birth of Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and had other sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Re'u;
19 and Peleg lived after the birth of Re'u two hundred and nine years, and had other sons and daughters.
20 When Re'u had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug;
21 and Re'u lived after the birth of Serug two hundred and seven years, and had other sons and daughters.
22 When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor;
23 and Serug lived after the birth of Nahor two hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah;
25 and Nahor lived after the birth of Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and had other sons and daughters.
26 When Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now these are the descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
28 Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chalde'ans.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives; the name of Abram's wife was Sar'ai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.
30 Now Sar'ai was barren; she had no child.
31 Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sar'ai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chalde'ans to go into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran, they settled there.
32 The days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
1 E era toda a terra de uma mesma língua e de uma mesma fala.
2 E aconteceu que, partindo eles do oriente, acharam um vale na terra de Sinar; e habitaram ali.
3 E disseram uns aos outros: Eia, façamos tijolos e queimemo-los bem. E foi-lhes o tijolo por pedra, e o betume por cal.
4 E disseram: Eia, edifiquemos nós uma cidade e uma torre cujo cume toque nos céus, 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 o Senhor disse: Eis que o povo é um, e todos têm uma mesma língua; e isto é o que começam a fazer; e agora, não haverá restrição para tudo o que eles intentarem fazer.
7 Eia, desçamos e confundamos ali a sua língua, 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 língua de toda a terra, e dali os espalhou o Senhor sobre a face de toda a terra.
10 Estas são as gerações de Sem: Sem era da idade de cem anos e 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 E viveu Arfaxade trinta e cinco anos, e gerou a Selá.
13 E viveu Arfaxade depois que gerou a Selá, quatrocentos e três anos, e gerou filhos e filhas.
14 E viveu Selá trinta anos, e gerou a Éber;
15 E viveu Selá, depois que gerou a Éber, quatrocentos e três anos, e gerou filhos e filhas.
16 E viveu Éber trinta e quatro anos, e gerou a Pelegue.
17 E viveu Éber, depois que gerou a Pelegue, quatrocentos e trinta anos, e gerou filhos e filhas.
18 E viveu Pelegue trinta anos, e gerou a Reú.
19 E viveu Pelegue, depois que gerou a Reú, duzentos e nove anos, e gerou filhos e filhas.
20 E viveu Reú trinta e dois anos, e gerou a Serugue.
21 E viveu Reú, depois que gerou a Serugue, duzentos e sete anos, e gerou filhos e filhas.
22 E viveu Serugue trinta anos, e gerou a Naor.
23 E viveu Serugue, depois que gerou a Naor, duzentos anos, e gerou filhos e filhas.
24 E viveu Naor vinte e nove anos, e gerou a Terá.
25 E viveu Naor, depois que gerou a Terá, cento e dezenove anos, e gerou filhos e filhas.
26 E viveu Terá setenta anos, e gerou a Abrão, a Naor, e a Harã.
27 E estas são as gerações de Terá: Terá gerou a Abrão, a Naor, e a Harã; e Harã gerou a Ló.
28 E morreu Harã estando seu pai Terá ainda vivo, na terra do seu nascimento, em Ur dos caldeus.
29 E tomaram Abrão e Naor mulheres para si: o nome da mulher de Abrão era Sarai, e o nome da mulher de Naor era Milca, filha de Harã, pai de Milca e pai de Iscá.
30 E Sarai foi estéril, não tinha filhos.
31 E tomou Terá 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, para ir à terra de Canaã; e vieram até Harã, e habitaram ali.
32 E foram os dias de Terá duzentos e cinco anos, e morreu Terá em Harã.