Genèse 11
La Bible du Semeur
La tour de Babel
11 A cette époque-là[a], tous les hommes parlaient la même langue et tenaient le même langage. 2 Lors de leurs migrations depuis l’est, ils découvrirent une vaste plaine dans le pays de Shinéar et ils s’y établirent. 3 Ils se dirent les uns aux autres : Allons, moulons des briques et cuisons-les au four.
Ainsi ils employèrent les briques comme pierres et le bitume leur servit de mortier.
4 Puis ils dirent : Allons, construisons-nous une ville et une tour dont le sommet atteindra le ciel, alors notre nom deviendra célèbre et nous ne serons pas disséminés sur l’ensemble de la terre.
5 L’Eternel descendit pour voir la ville et la tour que les hommes construisaient. 6 Il dit alors : Ils forment un seul peuple parlant tous la même langue, et voilà ce qu’ils ont entrepris de faire ! Maintenant, quels que soient leurs projets, rien ne les empêchera de les réaliser. 7 Allons, descendons et brouillons là leur langage pour qu’ils ne se comprennent plus entre eux !
8 Et l’Eternel les dissémina loin de là sur toute la terre ; ils cessèrent donc la construction de la ville. 9 C’est pourquoi on l’appela Babel[b] parce que là, l’Eternel avait confondu le langage des hommes de toute la terre, et c’est de là qu’il les a dispersés sur toute la terre.
L’histoire de la famille de Sem
10 Voici la généalogie de Sem. Deux ans après le déluge, alors qu’il était âgé de cent ans, il eut pour fils Arpakshad. 11 Après cela, Sem vécut encore 500 ans et eut d’autres enfants.
12 Arpakshad, âgé de 35 ans, eut pour fils Shélah. 13 Après cela, il vécut encore 403 ans et eut d’autres enfants[c].
14 Shélah, âgé de 30 ans, eut pour fils Héber. 15 Puis il vécut encore 403 ans et eut d’autres enfants.
16 Héber, âgé de 34 ans, eut pour fils Péleg. 17 Après cela, Héber vécut 430 ans et eut d’autres enfants.
18 Péleg, âgé de 30 ans, eut pour fils Reou. 19 Après cela, il vécut 209 ans et eut d’autres enfants.
20 Reou, âgé de 32 ans, eut pour fils Seroug. 21 Après cela, il vécut 207 ans et eut d’autres enfants.
22 Seroug, âgé de 30 ans, eut pour fils Nahor. 23 Après cela, Seroug vécut 200 ans et eut d’autres enfants.
24 Nahor, âgé de 29 ans, eut pour fils Térah. 25 Après cela, il vécut encore 119 ans et eut d’autres enfants.
26 Térah, âgé de 70 ans, eut pour fils Abram, Nahor et Harân.
L’histoire de la famille de Téra : le cycle d’Abraham
D’Our à Harân
27 Voici l’histoire de la famille de Térah : il eut pour fils Abram, Nahor et Harân ; ce dernier fut le père de Loth. 28 Harân mourut du vivant de son père Térah, dans son pays natal, à Our des Chaldéens. 29 Abram et Nahor se marièrent. La femme d’Abram s’appelait Saraï et celle de Nahor Milka. Milka était la fille de Harân, qui, outre Milka, avait eu une autre fille du nom de Yiska. 30 Saraï était stérile, elle ne pouvait pas avoir d’enfant. 31 Térah partit d’Our des Chaldéens, emmenant avec lui son fils Abram, son petit-fils Loth, le fils de Harân, et Saraï, sa belle-fille, la femme d’Abram, pour se rendre au pays de Canaan, mais arrivés à Harân[d], ils s’y établirent. 32 Térah vécut 205 ans, puis il mourut à Harân.
Footnotes
- 11.1 Les v. 1-9 doivent se situer chronologiquement avant le chap. 10.
- 11.9 Le nom Babel évoque en hébreu le verbe Balal qui signifie « confondre, brouiller, troubler ».
- 11.13 L’ancienne version grecque a, aux v. 12-13 : …35 ans, eut pour fils Caïnan. 13 Après cela… d’autres enfants et il mourut. Caïnan, âgé de 130 ans, eut pour fils Shélah. Après cela, il vécut 330 ans et eut d’autres fils.
- 11.31 Ville de la Mésopotamie, centre de culte lunaire (comme Our). En hébreu le nom se distingue de Harân, le fils de Térah.
Genesis 11
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
11 At ang buong lupa ay iisa ang wika at iisa ang salita.
2 At nangyari, na, sa kanilang paglalakbay sa silanganan, ay nakasumpong sila ng isang kapatagan sa lupain ng Sinar; at sila'y nanahan doon.
3 At nagsangusapang, Halikayo! tayo'y gumawa ng mga laryo, at ating lutuing mabuti. At inari nilang bato ang laryo at ang betun ay inaring argamasa.
4 At nagsipagsabi, Halikayo! Magtayo tayo ng isang bayan natin at ng isang moog, na ang taluktok niyaon ay aabot hanggang sa langit, at magtaglay tayo ng isang ngalan; baka tayo'y mangalat sa ibabaw ng buong lupa.
5 At bumaba ang Panginoon upang tingnan ang bayan at ang moog, na itinayo ng mga anak ng mga tao.
6 At sinabi ng Panginoon, Narito, sila'y iisang bayan at silang lahat ay may isang wika; at ito ang kanilang pinasimulang gawin: at, ngayon nga'y walang makasasawata sa anomang kanilang balaking gawin.
7 Halikayo! tayo'y bumaba at diyan din ay ating guluhin ang kanilang wika, na anopa't sila'y huwag magkatalastasan sa kanilang salita.
8 Ganito pinanabog sila ng Panginoon mula riyan, sa ibabaw ng buong lupa; at kanilang iniwan ang pagtatayo ng bayan.
9 Kaya ang pangalang itinawag ay Babel; sapagka't doon ginulo ng Panginoon ang wika ng buong lupa: at mula roon ay pinanabog sila ng Panginoon sa ibabaw ng buong lupa.
10 Ito ang sali't saling lahi ni Sem. May isang daan taon si Sem at naging anak si Arphaxad, dalawang taon pagkatapos ng bahang gumunaw,
11 At nabuhay si Sem, pagkatapos na maipanganak si Arphaxad, ng limang daang taon, at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae.
12 At nabuhay si Arphaxad, ng tatlong pu't limang taon, at naging anak si Sala.
13 At nabuhay si Arphaxad pagkatapos na maipanganak si Sala, ng apat na raan at tatlong taon, at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae.
14 At nabuhay si Sala ng tatlong pung taon, at naging anak si Heber:
15 At nabuhay si Sala pagkatapos na maipanganak si Heber, ng apat na raan at tatlong taon, at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae.
16 At nabuhay si Heber ng tatlong pu't apat na taon, at naging anak si Peleg:
17 At nabuhay si Heber pagkatapos na maipanganak si Peleg, ng apat na raan at tatlong pung taon, at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae.
18 At nabuhay si Peleg ng tatlong pung taon, at naging anak si Reu:
19 At nabuhay si Peleg pagkatapos na maipanganak si Reu, ng dalawang daan at siyam na taon; at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae.
20 At nabuhay si Reu ng tatlong pu't dalawang taon, at naging anak si Serug:
21 At nabuhay si Reu pagkatapos na maipanganak si Serug, ng dalawang daan at pitong taon, at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae.
22 At nabuhay si Serug ng tatlong pung taon, at naging anak si Nachor:
23 At nabuhay si Serug pagkatapos maipanganak si Nachor, ng dalawang daang taon, at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae.
24 At nabuhay si Nachor ng dalawang pu't siyam na taon, at naging anak si Thare:
25 At nabuhay si Nachor pagkatapos na maipanganak si Thare, ng isang daan at labing siyam na taon, at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae.
26 At nabuhay si Thare ng pitong pung taon, at naging anak si Abram, si Nachor at si Haran.
27 Ito nga ang mga lahi ni Thare. Naging anak ni Thare si Abram, si Nachor, at si Haran; at naging anak ni Haran si Lot.
28 At namatay si Haran bago namatay ang kaniyang amang si Thare sa lupaing kaniyang tinubuan, sa Ur ng mga Caldeo.
29 At nagsipagasawa si Abram at si Nachor: ang pangalan ng asawa ni Abram ay Sarai; at ang pangalan ng asawa ni Nachor, ay Milca, anak ni Haran, ama ni Milca at ama ni Iscah.
30 At si Sarai ay baog; siya'y walang anak.
31 At ipinagsama ni Thare si Abram na kaniyang anak, at si Lot na anak ni Haran, na anak ng kaniyang anak, at si Sarai na kaniyang manugang, asawa ni Abram na kaniyang anak; at samasamang nagsialis sa Ur ng mga Caldeo upang magsipasok sa lupain ng Canaan, at nagsidating sila sa Haran, at nagsitahan doon.
32 At ang mga naging araw ni Thare ay dalawang daan at limang taon: at namatay si Thare sa Haran.
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.
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