创世记 11
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
巴別塔事件
11 那時，全世界只有一種語言，大家說同樣的話語。 2 他們向東遷移的時候，在示拿地發現一塊平原，就住在那裡。 3 他們彼此說：“來，我們做磚，把磚燒透吧！”他們就把磚當作石頭，又把石漆當作灰泥。 4 他們又說：“來，我們建一座城，造一座塔，塔頂要通天。我們要為自己立名，免得分散在全地上。” 5 耶和華下來，要看看世人建造的城和塔。 6 耶和華說：“看哪，他們同是一個民族，有一樣的語言，他們一開始就作這事，以後他們所要作的一切，就沒有可以攔阻他們的了。 7 來，我們下去，在那裡混亂他們的語言，使他們聽不懂對方的話。” 8 於是，耶和華把他們從那裡分散到全地上，他們就停止建造那城。 9 因此，那城的名就叫巴別，因為耶和華在那裡混亂了全地所有的人的語言，又從那裡把他們分散在全地上。
閃的後代(A)
10 以下是閃的後代。洪水以後兩年，閃一百歲的時候，生了亞法撒。 11 閃生亞法撒以後，又活了五百年，並且生了其他的兒女。
12 亞法撒活到三十五歲，就生了沙拉。 13 亞法撒生沙拉以後，又活了四百零三年，並且生了其他的兒女。
14 沙拉活到三十歲，就生了希伯。 15 沙拉生希伯以後，又活了四百零三年，並且生了其他的兒女。
16 希伯活到三十四歲，就生了法勒。 17 希伯生法勒以後，又活了四百三十年，並且生了其他的兒女。
18 法勒活到三十歲，就生了拉吳。 19 法勒生拉吳以後，又活了二百零九年，並且生了其他的兒女。
20 拉吳活到三十二歲，就生了西鹿。 21 拉吳生西鹿以後，又活了二百零七年，並且生了其他的兒女。
22 西鹿活到三十歲，就生了拿鶴。 23 西鹿生拿鶴以後，又活了二百年，並且生了其他的兒女。
24 拿鶴活到二十九歲，就生了他拉。 25 拿鶴生他拉以後，又活了一百一十九年，並且生了其他的兒女。
26 他拉活到七十歲，就生了亞伯蘭、拿鶴和哈蘭。
他拉的後代
27 以下是他拉的後代：他拉生亞伯蘭、拿鶴和哈蘭；哈蘭生羅得。 28 哈蘭在他父親他拉之前，死在他出生之地，就是迦勒底的吾珥。 29 亞伯蘭和拿鶴都娶了妻子；亞伯蘭的妻子名叫撒萊；拿鶴的妻子名叫密迦，是哈蘭的女兒；哈蘭是密迦和亦迦的父親。 30 撒萊不能生育，沒有孩子。 31 他拉帶著他的兒子亞伯蘭和他的孫子，就是哈蘭的兒子羅得，以及他的媳婦亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊，一同出了迦勒底的吾珥，要到迦南地去；他們到了哈蘭，就住在那裡。 32 他拉死在哈蘭；他的壽數共二百零五歲。
Genesis 11
English Standard Version
The Tower of Babel
11 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in (A)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, (B)and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower (C)with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” 5 And (D)the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man 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, (E)let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech.” 8 So (F)the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called (G)Babel, because there the Lord confused[a] the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.
Shem's Descendants
10 (H)These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
12 When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah. 13 And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelah 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber. 15 And Shelah lived after he fathered Eber 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg. 17 And Eber lived after he fathered Peleg 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered Reu. 19 And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug. 21 And Reu lived after he fathered Serug 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he fathered Nahor. 23 And Serug lived after he fathered Nahor 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
24 When (I)Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah. 25 And Nahor lived after he fathered Terah 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
26 When (J)Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Terah's Descendants
27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. 28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was (K)Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, (L)Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah. 30 Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 Terah (M)took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together (N)from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there. 32 The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran.
Footnotes
- Genesis 11:9 Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused
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