Genesis 11
King James Version
11 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, 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 children of men builded.
6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Génesis 11
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
La torre de Babel
11 En ese tiempo se hablaba un solo idioma en toda la tierra. 2 Al emigrar al oriente, la gente encontró una llanura en la región de Sinar, y allí se asentaron. 3 Un día se dijeron unos a otros: «Vamos a hacer ladrillos, y a cocerlos al fuego». Fue así como usaron ladrillos en vez de piedras, y asfalto en vez de mezcla. 4 Luego dijeron: «Construyamos una ciudad con una torre que llegue hasta el cielo. De ese modo nos haremos famosos y evitaremos ser dispersados por toda la tierra».
5 Pero el Señor bajó para observar la ciudad y la torre que los hombres estaban construyendo, 6 y se dijo: «Todos forman un solo pueblo y hablan un solo idioma; esto es solo el comienzo de sus obras, y todo lo que se propongan lo podrán lograr. 7 Será mejor que bajemos a confundir su idioma, para que ya no se entiendan entre ellos».
8 De esta manera el Señor los dispersó desde allí por toda la tierra, y por lo tanto dejaron de construir la ciudad. 9 Por eso a la ciudad se le llamó Babel,[a] porque fue allí donde el Señor confundió el idioma de toda la gente de la tierra, y de donde los dispersó por todo el mundo.
Descendientes de Sem(A)
10 Esta es la historia de Sem:
Dos años después del diluvio, cuando Sem tenía cien años, nació su hijo Arfaxad. 11 Después del nacimiento de Arfaxad, Sem vivió quinientos años más, y tuvo otros hijos y otras hijas.
12 Cuando Arfaxad tenía treinta y cinco años, nació su hijo Selaj. 13 Después del nacimiento de Selaj, Arfaxad vivió cuatrocientos tres años más, y tuvo otros hijos y otras hijas.
14 Cuando Selaj tenía treinta años, nació su hijo Éber. 15 Después del nacimiento de Éber, Selaj vivió cuatrocientos tres años más, y tuvo otros hijos y otras hijas.
16 Cuando Éber tenía treinta y cuatro años, nació su hijo Péleg. 17 Después del nacimiento de Péleg, Éber vivió cuatrocientos treinta años más, y tuvo otros hijos y otras hijas.
18 Cuando Péleg tenía treinta años, nació su hijo Reú. 19 Después del nacimiento de Reú, Péleg vivió doscientos nueve años más, y tuvo otros hijos y otras hijas.
20 Cuando Reú tenía treinta y dos años, nació su hijo Serug. 21 Después del nacimiento de Serug, Reú vivió doscientos siete años más, y tuvo otros hijos y otras hijas.
22 Cuando Serug tenía treinta años, nació su hijo Najor. 23 Después del nacimiento de Najor, Serug vivió doscientos años más, y tuvo otros hijos y otras hijas.
24 Cuando Najor tenía veintinueve años, nació su hijo Téraj. 25 Después del nacimiento de Téraj, Najor vivió ciento diecinueve años más, y tuvo otros hijos y otras hijas.
26 Cuando Téraj tenía setenta años, ya habían nacido sus hijos Abram, Najor y Jarán.
Descendientes de Téraj
27 Esta es la historia de Téraj, el padre de Abram, Najor y Jarán.
Jarán fue el padre de Lot, 28 y murió en Ur de los caldeos, su tierra natal, cuando su padre Téraj aún vivía. 29 Abram se casó con Saray, y Najor se casó con Milca, la hija de Jarán, el cual tuvo otra hija llamada Iscá. 30 Pero Saray era estéril; no podía tener hijos.
31 Téraj salió de Ur de los caldeos rumbo a Canaán. Se fue con su hijo Abram, su nieto Lot y su nuera Saray, la esposa de Abram. Sin embargo, al llegar a la ciudad de Jarán, se quedaron a vivir en aquel lugar, 32 y allí mismo murió Téraj a los doscientos cinco años de edad.
Footnotes
- 11:9 En hebreo, Babel suena como el verbo que significa confundir.
Genesis 11
New International Version
The Tower of Babel
11 Now the whole world had one language(A) and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward,[a] they found a plain in Shinar[b](B) and settled there.
3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks(C) and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone,(D) and tar(E) for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens,(F) so that we may make a name(G) for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered(H) over the face of the whole earth.”(I)
5 But the Lord came down(J) to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language(K) they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us(L) go down(M) and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”(N)
8 So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth,(O) and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel[c](P)—because there the Lord confused the language(Q) of the whole world.(R) From there the Lord scattered(S) them over the face of the whole earth.
From Shem to Abram(T)
10 This is the account(U) of Shem’s family line.
Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father[d] of Arphaxad.(V) 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.(W) 13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.[e]
14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.(X) 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.(Y) 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.(Z) 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.(AA) 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.(AB) 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.(AC) 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,(AD) Nahor(AE) and Haran.(AF)
Abram’s Family
27 This is the account(AG) of Terah’s family line.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor(AH) and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.(AI) 28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans,(AJ) in the land of his birth. 29 Abram and Nahor(AK) both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai,(AL) and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah;(AM) 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.(AN)
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot(AO) son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law(AP) Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans(AQ) to go to Canaan.(AR) But when they came to Harran,(AS) they settled there.
32 Terah(AT) lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.
Footnotes
- Genesis 11:2 Or from the east; or in the east
- Genesis 11:2 That is, Babylonia
- Genesis 11:9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.
- Genesis 11:10 Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 11-25.
- Genesis 11:13 Hebrew; Septuagint (see also Luke 3:35, 36 and note at Gen. 10:24) 35 years, he became the father of Cainan. 13 And after he became the father of Cainan, Arphaxad lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters, and then he died. When Cainan had lived 130 years, he became the father of Shelah. And after he became the father of Shelah, Cainan lived 330 years and had other sons and daughters
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