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Genesis 6-11
King James Version
Genesis 6-11
King James Version
6 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
7 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
8 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
9 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
10 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
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.
Geneza 6-11
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Geneza 6-11
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Stricăciunea oamenilor
6 Când(A) au început oamenii să se înmulţească pe faţa pământului şi li s-au născut fete, 2 fiii lui Dumnezeu au văzut că fetele oamenilor erau frumoase şi din toate şi-au luat(B) de neveste pe acelea pe care şi le-au ales. 3 Atunci, Domnul a zis: „Duhul(C) Meu nu va rămâne[a] pururea în om, căci(D) omul nu este decât carne păcătoasă; totuşi[b], zilele lui vor fi de o sută douăzeci de ani.” 4 Uriaşii erau pe pământ în vremurile acelea şi chiar şi după ce s-au împreunat fiii lui Dumnezeu cu fetele oamenilor şi le-au născut ele copii; aceştia erau vitejii care au fost în vechime, oameni cu nume. 5 Domnul a văzut că răutatea omului era mare pe pământ şi că toate întocmirile gândurilor(E) din inima lui erau îndreptate în fiecare zi numai spre rău. 6 I-a părut rău(F) Domnului că a făcut pe om pe pământ şi S-a mâhnit(G) în inima Lui. 7 Şi Domnul a zis: „Am să şterg de pe faţa pământului pe omul pe care l-am făcut, de la om până la vite, până la târâtoare şi până la păsările cerului, căci Îmi pare rău că i-am făcut.”
Noe
8 Dar Noe a căpătat(H) milă înaintea Domnului. 9 Iată care sunt urmaşii lui Noe.
Noe(I) era un om neprihănit şi fără pată între cei din vremea lui:
Noe(J) umbla cu Dumnezeu. 10 Noe a născut trei fii: Sem(K), Ham şi Iafet. 11 Pământul era stricat(L) înaintea lui Dumnezeu; pământul era plin(M) de silnicie. 12 Dumnezeu S-a uitat(N) spre pământ şi iată că pământul era stricat, căci orice făptură îşi stricase calea pe pământ. 13 Atunci, Dumnezeu a zis lui Noe: „Sfârşitul(O) oricărei făpturi este hotărât înaintea Mea, fiindcă au umplut pământul de silnicie; iată, am(P) să-i nimicesc împreună cu pământul. 14 Fă-ţi o corabie din lemn de gofer (chiparos); corabia aceasta s-o împarţi în cămăruţe şi s-o tencuieşti cu smoală pe dinăuntru şi pe dinafară. 15 Iată cum s-o faci: corabia să aibă trei sute de coţi în lungime, cincizeci de coţi în lăţime şi treizeci de coţi în înălţime. 16 Să faci corabiei o fereastră[c], sus, lată de un cot; uşa s-o pui în latura corabiei şi să faci un rând de cămări jos, altul la mijloc şi altul sus. 17 Şi iată că Eu(Q) am să fac să vină un potop de ape pe pământ, ca să nimicească orice făptură de sub cer care are suflare de viaţă; tot ce este pe pământ va pieri. 18 Dar cu tine fac un legământ: să(R) intri în corabie, tu şi fiii tăi, nevastă-ta şi nevestele fiilor tăi împreună cu tine. 19 Din tot ce trăieşte, din orice făptură, să iei în corabie câte două(S) din fiecare soi, ca să le ţii vii cu tine: să fie o parte bărbătească şi o parte femeiască. 20 Din păsări după soiul lor, din vite după soiul lor şi din toate târâtoarele de pe pământ după soiul lor, să vină(T) la tine înăuntru câte două din fiecare soi, ca să le ţii cu viaţă. 21 Şi tu ia-ţi din toate bucatele care se mănâncă şi fă-ţi merinde din ele, ca să-ţi slujească de hrană ţie şi lor.” 22 Aşa a şi făcut Noe(U): a făcut tot(V) ce-i poruncise Dumnezeu.
Noe intră în corabie
7 Domnul a zis lui Noe: „Intră(W) în corabie, tu şi toată casa ta, căci te-am(X) văzut fără prihană înaintea Mea în neamul acesta de oameni. 2 Ia cu tine câte şapte perechi din toate dobitoacele curate(Y), câte o parte bărbătească şi câte o parte femeiască; o pereche din dobitoacele care nu sunt curate(Z), câte o parte bărbătească şi câte o parte femeiască, 3 şi câte şapte perechi, de asemenea, din păsările cerului, câte o parte bărbătească şi câte o parte femeiască, pentru ca să le ţii vie sămânţa pe toată faţa pământului. 4 Căci, după şapte zile, voi face să plouă pe pământ patruzeci(AA) de zile şi patruzeci de nopţi şi voi şterge astfel de pe faţa pământului toate făpturile pe care le-am făcut.” 5 Noe(AB) a făcut tot ce-i poruncise Domnul. 6 Noe era de şase sute de ani când a venit potopul pe pământ. 7 Şi Noe(AC) a intrat în corabie cu fiii săi, cu nevastă-sa şi cu nevestele fiilor săi, din pricina apelor potopului. 8 Din dobitoacele curate şi din dobitoacele necurate, din păsări şi din tot ce se târăşte pe pământ, 9 au intrat în corabie la Noe, două câte două, câte o parte bărbătească şi câte o parte femeiască, aşa cum poruncise Dumnezeu lui Noe.
Potopul
10 După cele şapte zile, au venit apele potopului pe pământ. 11 În anul al şase sutelea al vieţii lui Noe, în luna a doua, în ziua a şaptesprezecea a lunii, în ziua aceea, s-au rupt toate izvoarele(AD) Adâncului celui mare şi s-au deschis stăvilarele(AE) cerurilor. 12 Ploaia a(AF) căzut pe pământ patruzeci de zile şi patruzeci de nopţi. 13 În aceeaşi zi, au intrat(AG) în corabie: Noe, Sem, Ham şi Iafet, fiii lui Noe, nevasta lui Noe şi cele trei neveste ale fiilor lui cu ei; 14 ei(AH) şi toate fiarele câmpului după soiul lor, toate vitele după soiul lor, toate târâtoarele care se târăsc pe pământ după soiul lor, toate păsările după soiul lor, toate păsărelele, tot ce are aripi. 15 Au intrat(AI) în corabie la Noe, două câte două, din orice făptură care are suflare de viaţă. 16 Cele care au intrat erau câte o parte bărbătească şi câte o parte femeiască, din orice făptură, după cum(AJ) poruncise Dumnezeu lui Noe. Apoi, Domnul a închis uşa după el. 17 Potopul(AK) a fost patruzeci de zile pe pământ. Apele au crescut şi au ridicat corabia, şi ea s-a înălţat deasupra pământului. 18 Apele au ajuns mari şi au crescut foarte mult pe pământ, şi corabia plutea(AL) pe deasupra apelor. 19 Apele au ajuns din ce în ce mai mari şi toţi munţii înalţi, care sunt sub cerul întreg, au fost(AM) acoperiţi. 20 Cu cincisprezece coţi s-au înălţat apele deasupra munţilor, care au fost acoperiţi. 21 Şi a pierit(AN) orice făptură care se mişca pe pământ, atât păsările, cât şi vitele şi fiarele, tot ce se târa pe pământ, şi toţi oamenii. 22 Tot ce răsufla(AO), tot ce avea suflare de duh de viaţă în nări, tot ce era pe pământul uscat a murit. 23 Toate făpturile care erau pe faţa pământului au fost nimicite, de la om până la vite, până la târâtoare şi până la păsările cerului; au fost nimicite de pe pământ. N-a rămas decât Noe(AP) şi ce era cu el în corabie. 24 Apele(AQ) au fost mari pe pământ o sută cincizeci de zile.
Sfârşitul potopului
8 Dumnezeu Şi-a adus aminte(AR) de Noe, de toate vieţuitoarele şi de toate vitele care erau cu el în corabie şi Dumnezeu(AS) a făcut să sufle un vânt pe pământ, şi apele s-au potolit. 2 Izvoarele Adâncului şi stăvilarele cerurilor au fost închise(AT) şi ploaia(AU) din cer a fost oprită. 3 Apele au scăzut de pe faţa pământului, scurgându-se şi împuţinându-se şi, după o sută cincizeci(AV) de zile, apele s-au micşorat. 4 În luna a şaptea, în ziua a şaptesprezecea a lunii, corabia s-a oprit pe munţii Ararat. 5 Apele au mers scăzând până în luna a zecea. În luna a zecea, în ziua întâi a lunii, s-au văzut vârfurile munţilor. 6 După patruzeci de zile, Noe a deschis fereastra(AW) corabiei pe care o făcuse. 7 A dat drumul unui corb care a ieşit, ducându-se şi întorcându-se până când au secat apele de pe pământ. 8 A dat drumul şi unui porumbel, ca să vadă dacă scăzuseră apele de pe faţa pământului. 9 Dar porumbelul n-a găsit niciun loc ca să-şi pună piciorul şi s-a întors la el în corabie, căci erau ape pe toată faţa pământului. Noe a întins mâna, l-a luat şi l-a băgat la el în corabie. 10 A mai aşteptat alte şapte zile, şi iarăşi a dat drumul porumbelului din corabie. 11 Porumbelul s-a întors la el spre seară, şi iată că în ciocul lui era o frunză de măslin ruptă de curând. Noe a cunoscut astfel că apele scăzuseră pe pământ. 12 A mai aşteptat alte şapte zile, şi a dat drumul porumbelului. Dar porumbelul nu s-a mai întors la el. 13 În anul şase sute unu, în luna întâi, în ziua întâi a lunii, apele secaseră pe pământ. Noe a ridicat învelitoarea corabiei: s-a uitat, şi iată că faţa pământului se uscase. 14 În luna a doua, în a douăzeci şi şaptea zi a lunii, pământul era uscat de tot.
Ieşirea lui Noe din corabie
15 Atunci, Dumnezeu a vorbit lui Noe şi i-a zis: 16 „Ieşi din corabie, tu(AX) şi nevastă-ta, fiii tăi şi nevestele fiilor tăi cu tine! 17 Scoate afară împreună cu tine toate(AY) vieţuitoarele de tot felul, care sunt cu tine, atât păsările, cât şi vitele şi toate târâtoarele care se târăsc pe pământ: să mişune pe pământ, să crească(AZ) şi să se înmulţească pe pământ.” 18 Şi Noe a ieşit afară cu fiii săi, cu nevastă-sa şi cu nevestele fiilor săi. 19 Toate dobitoacele, toate târâtoarele, toate păsările, tot ce se mişcă pe pământ, după soiurile lor, au ieşit din corabie. 20 Noe a zidit un altar Domnului, a luat din toate dobitoacele(BA) curate şi din toate păsările curate şi a adus arderi-de-tot pe altar. 21 Domnul a mirosit un miros(BB) plăcut şi Domnul a zis în inima Lui: „Nu voi mai blestema(BC) pământul din pricina omului, pentru că întocmirile gândurilor(BD) din inima omului sunt rele din tinereţea lui, şi nu voi mai lovi(BE) tot ce este viu, cum am făcut. 22 Cât va fi pământul(BF), nu va înceta semănatul şi seceratul, frigul şi căldura, vara şi iarna, ziua(BG) şi noaptea!”
Dumnezeu binecuvântează pe Noe
9 Dumnezeu a binecuvântat pe Noe şi pe fiii săi şi le-a zis: „Creşteţi(BH), înmulţiţi-vă şi umpleţi pământul. 2 S-apuce groaza(BI) şi frica de voi pe orice dobitoc de pe pământ, pe orice pasăre a cerului, pe tot ce se mişcă pe pământ şi pe toţi peştii mării: vi le-am dat în mâinile voastre! 3 Tot ce se mişcă(BJ) şi are viaţă să vă slujească de hrană; toate(BK) acestea vi le dau, ca şi iarba(BL) verde. 4 Numai carne cu viaţa ei(BM), adică sângele ei, să nu mâncaţi. 5 Căci voi cere înapoi sângele vieţilor voastre; îl voi cere înapoi de la orice dobitoc(BN) şi voi cere înapoi viaţa omului din mâna omului(BO), din mâna oricărui om(BP), care este fratele lui. 6 Dacă varsă(BQ) cineva sângele omului, şi sângele lui să fie vărsat de om, căci Dumnezeu a făcut pe om după chipul(BR) Lui. 7 Iar voi creşteţi(BS) şi înmulţiţi-vă; răspândiţi-vă pe pământ şi înmulţiţi-vă pe el!”
Legământul lui Dumnezeu cu Noe
8 Dumnezeu a mai vorbit lui Noe şi fiilor lui, care erau cu el, şi a zis: 9 „Iată, Eu fac(BT) un legământ(BU) cu voi şi cu sămânţa voastră, care va veni după voi; 10 cu toate(BV) vieţuitoarele care sunt cu voi, atât păsările, cât şi vitele, şi toate fiarele de pe pământ care sunt cu voi; cu toate cele care au ieşit din corabie şi cu orice alte dobitoace de pe pământ. 11 Fac(BW) un legământ cu voi că nicio făptură nu va mai fi nimicită de apele potopului şi nu va mai veni potop, ca să pustiască pământul.” 12 Şi Dumnezeu a zis: „Iată semnul(BX) legământului pe care-l fac între Mine şi voi şi între toate vieţuitoarele care sunt cu voi, pentru toate neamurile de oameni în veci: 13 curcubeul Meu, pe care l-am aşezat(BY) în nor, el va sluji ca semn al legământului dintre Mine şi pământ. 14 Când voi strânge nori deasupra pământului, curcubeul se va arăta în nor, 15 şi Eu Îmi voi aduce aminte(BZ) de legământul dintre Mine şi voi şi dintre toate vieţuitoarele de orice trup; şi apele nu se vor mai face un potop, ca să nimicească orice făptură. 16 Curcubeul va fi în nor, şi Eu Mă voi uita la el, ca să-Mi aduc aminte de legământul cel veşnic(CA) dintre Dumnezeu şi toate vieţuitoarele de orice trup de pe pământ.” 17 Şi Dumnezeu a zis lui Noe: „Acesta este semnul legământului pe care l-am făcut între Mine şi orice făptură de pe pământ.”
Fiii lui Noe
18 Fiii lui Noe, care au ieşit din corabie, erau: Sem, Ham şi Iafet: Ham(CB) este tatăl lui Canaan. 19 Aceştia(CC) au fost cei trei fii ai lui Noe, şi din ei(CD) s-au răspândit oameni peste tot pământul. 20 Noe a început să fie lucrător(CE) de pământ şi a sădit o vie. 21 A băut vin, s-a îmbătat(CF) şi s-a dezgolit în mijlocul cortului său. 22 Ham, tatăl lui Canaan, a văzut goliciunea tatălui său şi a spus celor doi fraţi ai lui afară. 23 Atunci, Sem(CG) şi Iafet au luat mantaua, au pus-o pe umeri, au mers de-a-ndăratelea şi au acoperit goliciunea tatălui lor; fiindcă feţele le erau întoarse înapoi, n-au văzut goliciunea tatălui lor. 24 Noe s-a trezit din ameţeala vinului şi a aflat ce-i făcuse fiul său cel mai tânăr.
25 Şi a zis:
26 El a mai zis:
„Binecuvântat(CJ) să fie Domnul, Dumnezeul lui Sem,
Şi Canaan să fie robul lui![d]
27 Dumnezeu să lărgească locurile stăpânite de Iafet.
Iafet să locuiască(CK) în corturile lui Sem,
Şi Canaan să fie robul lor!”
28 Noe a trăit, după potop, trei sute cincizeci de ani. 29 Toate zilele lui Noe au fost de nouă sute cincizeci de ani, apoi a murit.
Urmaşii lui Iafet
10 Iată spiţa neamului fiilor lui Noe: Sem, Ham şi Iafet. După potop li s-au(CL) născut fii. 2 Fiii(CM) lui Iafet au fost: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Iavan, Tubal, Meşec şi Tiras. 3 Fiii lui Gomer: Aşchenaz, Rifat şi Togarma. 4 Fiii lui Iavan: Elişa, Tarşiş, Chitim şi Dodanim. 5 De la ei se trag popoarele din ţările(CN) neamurilor de pe malul mării, după ţinuturile lor, după limba fiecăruia, după familiile lor, după seminţiile lor.
Urmaşii lui Ham
6 Fiii(CO) lui Ham au fost: Cuş, Miţraim, Put şi Canaan. 7 Fiii lui Cuş: Seba, Havila, Sabta, Raema şi Sabteca. Fiii lui Raema: Şeba şi Dedan. 8 Cuş a născut şi pe Nimrod: el este acela care a început să fie puternic pe pământ. 9 El a fost un viteaz vânător(CP) înaintea(CQ) Domnului; iată de ce se zice: „Ca Nimrod, viteaz vânător înaintea Domnului.” 10 El a domnit la început(CR) peste Babel, Erec, Acad şi Calne, în ţara Şinear. 11 Din ţara aceasta a intrat în Asiria; a zidit Ninive, Rehobot-Ir, Calah 12 şi Resen între Ninive şi Calah; aceasta este cetatea cea mare. 13 Miţraim a născut pe Ludimi, Anamimi, Lehabimi, Naftuhimi, 14 Patrusimi, Casluhimi (din care(CS) au ieşit filistenii) şi pe Caftorimi. 15 Canaan a născut pe Sidon, întâiul lui născut, şi pe Het; 16 şi pe iebusiţi, pe amoriţi, pe ghirgasiţi, 17 pe heviţi, pe archiţi, pe siniţi, 18 pe arvadiţi, pe ţemariţi, pe hamatiţi. În urmă, familiile canaaniţilor s-au împrăştiat. 19 Hotarele(CT) canaaniţilor se întindeau de la Sidon, cum mergi spre Gherar, până la Gaza şi, cum mergi spre Sodoma, Gomora, Adma şi Ţeboim, până la Leşa. 20 Aceştia sunt fiii lui Ham, după familiile lor, după limbile lor, după ţările lor, după neamurile lor.
Urmaşii lui Sem
21 Şi lui Sem, tatăl tuturor fiilor lui Eber şi fratele cel mai mare al lui Iafet, i s-au născut fii. 22 Fiii lui Sem(CU) au fost: Elam, Asur, Arpacşad, Lud şi Aram. 23 Fii lui Aram: Uţ, Hul, Gheter şi Maş. 24 Arpacşad a născut pe Şelah, şi Şelah a născut pe Eber. 25 Lui Eber(CV) i s-au născut doi fii: numele unuia era Peleg[e], numit aşa pentru că pe vremea lui s-a împărţit pământul, iar numele fratelui său era Ioctan. 26 Ioctan a născut pe Almodad, pe Şelef, pe Aţarmavet, pe Ierah, 27 pe Adoram, pe Uzal, pe Dicla, 28 pe Obal, pe Abimael, pe Seba, 29 pe Ofir, pe Havila şi pe Iobab. Toţi aceştia au fost fiii lui Ioctan. 30 Ei au locuit de la Meşa, cum mergi spre Sefar, până la muntele răsăritului. 31 Aceştia sunt fiii lui Sem, după familiile lor, după limbile lor, după ţările lor, după neamurile lor. 32 Acestea(CW) sunt familiile fiilor lui Noe, după spiţa neamului lor, după neamurile lor. Şi din ei(CX) au ieşit neamurile care s-au răspândit pe pământ după potop.
Turnul Babel
11 Tot pământul avea o singură limbă şi aceleaşi cuvinte. 2 Pornind ei înspre răsărit, au dat peste o câmpie în ţara Şinear şi au descălecat acolo. 3 Şi au zis unul către altul: „Haidem să facem cărămizi şi să le ardem bine în foc!” Şi cărămida le-a ţinut loc de piatră, iar smoala le-a ţinut loc de var. 4 Şi au mai zis: „Haidem să ne zidim o cetate şi un turn al cărui vârf(CY) să atingă cerul şi să ne facem un nume, ca să nu fim împrăştiaţi pe toată faţa pământului!” 5 Domnul(CZ) S-a pogorât să vadă cetatea şi turnul pe care-l zideau fiii oamenilor. 6 Şi Domnul a zis: „Iată, ei sunt un singur(DA) popor şi toţi au aceeaşi(DB) limbă, şi iată de ce s-au apucat; acum nimic nu i-ar împiedica să facă tot ce şi-au pus(DC) în gând. 7 Haidem să(DD) Ne pogorâm şi să le încurcăm acolo limba, ca să(DE) nu-şi mai înţeleagă vorba unii altora!” 8 Şi Domnul(DF) i-a împrăştiat de acolo pe(DG) toată faţa pământului, aşa că au încetat să zidească cetatea. 9 De aceea, cetatea a fost numită Babel[f], căci(DH) acolo a încurcat Domnul limba întregului pământ şi de acolo i-a împrăştiat Domnul pe toată faţa pământului.
STRĂMOŞII POPORULUI ISRAEL
DE LA AVRAAM PÂNĂ LA IOSIF
Geneza 11:10-32. Isaia 51:1,2. Evrei 11:13-16,39,40.
Urmaşii lui Sem
10 Iată(DI) spiţa neamului lui Sem. La vârsta de o sută de ani, Sem a născut pe Arpacşad, la doi ani după potop. 11 După naşterea lui Arpacşad, Sem a trăit cinci sute de ani şi a născut fii şi fiice. 12 La vârsta de treizeci şi cinci de ani, Arpacşad a născut pe Şelah(DJ). 13 După naşterea lui Şelah, Arpacşad a mai trăit patru sute trei ani şi a născut fii şi fiice. 14 La vârsta de treizeci de ani, Şelah a născut pe Eber. 15 După naşterea lui Eber, Şelah a mai trăit patru sute trei ani şi a născut fii şi fiice. 16 La vârsta de treizeci şi patru de ani, Eber(DK) a născut pe Peleg(DL). 17 După naşterea lui Peleg, Eber a mai trăit patru sute treizeci de ani şi a născut fii şi fiice. 18 La vârsta de treizeci de ani, Peleg a născut pe Reu. 19 După naşterea lui Reu, Peleg a mai trăit două sute nouă ani şi a născut fii şi fiice. 20 La vârsta de treizeci şi doi de ani, Reu a născut pe Serug(DM). 21 După naşterea lui Serug, Reu a mai trăit două sute şapte ani şi a născut fii şi fiice. 22 La vârsta de treizeci de ani, Serug a născut pe Nahor. 23 După naşterea lui Nahor, Serug a mai trăit două sute de ani şi a născut fii şi fiice. 24 La vârsta de douăzeci şi nouă de ani, Nahor a născut pe Terah(DN). 25 După naşterea lui Terah, Nahor a mai trăit o sută nouăsprezece ani şi a născut fii şi fiice. 26 La vârsta de şaptezeci de ani, Terah a născut pe Avram(DO), pe Nahor şi pe Haran. 27 Iată spiţa neamului lui Terah.
Terah a născut pe Avram, pe Nahor şi pe Haran. Haran a născut pe Lot. 28 Şi Haran a murit în faţa tatălui său Terah, în ţara în care se născuse, în Ur, în Haldeea[g]. 29 Avram şi Nahor şi-au luat neveste. Numele nevestei lui Avram era Sarai(DP) şi numele nevestei lui Nahor era Milca(DQ), fiica lui Haran, tatăl Milcăi şi Iscăi. 30 Sarai era(DR) stearpă; n-avea copii deloc. 31 Terah a luat(DS) pe fiul său Avram şi pe Lot, fiul lui Haran, fiul fiului său, şi pe Sarai, noră-sa, nevasta fiului său Avram. Au ieşit împreună din Ur(DT) din Haldeea, ca să meargă în ţara(DU) Canaan. Au venit până la Haran şi s-au aşezat acolo. 32 Zilele lui Terah au fost de două sute cinci ani, şi Terah a murit în Haran.
Footnotes
- Geneza 6:3 Sau: Nu se va lupta, sau nu va stăpâni.
- Geneza 6:3 Sau: de aceea.
- Geneza 6:16 Sau: acoperiş.
- Geneza 9:26 Sau: lor.
- Geneza 10:25 Adică: Împărţire.
- Geneza 11:9 Adică: Încurcătură.
- Geneza 11:28 Referitor la Caldeea, regiune istorică situată în sudul Mesopotamiei, nucleul regatului caldeo-babilonian, întemeiat de Nabopolassar (sec. 7 î.Hr.).
Genesis 6-11
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Genesis 6-11
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Wickedness in the World
6 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth(A) and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God(B) saw that the daughters(C) of humans were beautiful,(D) and they married(E) any of them they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit(F) will not contend with[a] humans forever,(G) for they are mortal[b];(H) their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
4 The Nephilim(I) were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans(J) and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.(K)
5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,(L) and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.(M) 6 The Lord regretted(N) that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth(O) the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.(P)” 8 But Noah(Q) found favor in the eyes of the Lord.(R)
Noah and the Flood
9 This is the account(S) of Noah and his family.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless(T) among the people of his time,(U) and he walked faithfully with God.(V) 10 Noah had three sons: Shem,(W) Ham and Japheth.(X)
11 Now the earth was corrupt(Y) in God’s sight and was full of violence.(Z) 12 God saw how corrupt(AA) the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.(AB) 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy(AC) both them and the earth.(AD) 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress[c] wood;(AE) make rooms in it and coat it with pitch(AF) inside and out. 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.[d] 16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit[e] high all around.[f] Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. 17 I am going to bring floodwaters(AG) on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.(AH) 18 But I will establish my covenant with you,(AI) and you will enter the ark(AJ)—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.(AK) 20 Two(AL) of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind(AM) of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.(AN) 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.”
22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.(AO)
7 The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family,(AP) because I have found you righteous(AQ) in this generation. 2 Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean(AR) animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, 3 and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive(AS) throughout the earth. 4 Seven days from now I will send rain(AT) on the earth(AU) for forty days(AV) and forty nights,(AW) and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.(AX)”
5 And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.(AY)
6 Noah was six hundred years old(AZ) when the floodwaters came on the earth. 7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark(BA) to escape the waters of the flood. 8 Pairs of clean and unclean(BB) animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, 9 male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah.(BC) 10 And after the seven days(BD) the floodwaters came on the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life,(BE) on the seventeenth day of the second month(BF)—on that day all the springs of the great deep(BG) burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens(BH) were opened. 12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.(BI)
13 On that very day Noah and his sons,(BJ) Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.(BK) 14 They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind,(BL) everything with wings. 15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.(BM) 16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah.(BN) Then the Lord shut him in.
17 For forty days(BO) the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. 18 The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. 19 They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.(BP) 20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.[g][h] (BQ) 21 Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.(BR) 22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life(BS) in its nostrils died. 23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth.(BT) Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.(BU)
24 The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.(BV)
8 But God remembered(BW) Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth,(BX) and the waters receded. 2 Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens(BY) had been closed, and the rain(BZ) had stopped falling from the sky. 3 The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days(CA) the water had gone down, 4 and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month(CB) the ark came to rest on the mountains(CC) of Ararat.(CD) 5 The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
6 After forty days(CE) Noah opened a window he had made in the ark 7 and sent out a raven,(CF) and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.(CG) 8 Then he sent out a dove(CH) to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. 9 But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. 10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.(CI) 12 He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
13 By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year,(CJ) the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. 14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second month(CK) the earth was completely dry.
15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.(CL) 17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”(CM)
18 So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.(CN) 19 All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on land—came out of the ark, one kind after another.
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord(CO) and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean(CP) birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings(CQ) on it. 21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma(CR) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground(CS) because of humans, even though[i] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.(CT) And never again will I destroy(CU) all living creatures,(CV) as I have done.
22 “As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,(CW)
cold and heat,
summer and winter,(CX)
day and night
will never cease.”(CY)
God’s Covenant With Noah
9 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.(CZ) 2 The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.(DA) 3 Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you.(DB) Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.(DC)
4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.(DD) 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.(DE) I will demand an accounting from every animal.(DF) And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.(DG)
6 “Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;(DH)
for in the image of God(DI)
has God made mankind.
7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”(DJ)
8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 “I now establish my covenant with you(DK) and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant(DL) with you:(DM) Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.(DN)”
12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant(DO) I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:(DP) 13 I have set my rainbow(DQ) in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow(DR) appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant(DS) between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.(DT) 16 Whenever the rainbow(DU) appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant(DV) between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”
17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant(DW) I have established between me and all life on the earth.”
The Sons of Noah
18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth.(DX) (Ham was the father of Canaan.)(DY) 19 These were the three sons of Noah,(DZ) and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.(EA)
20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded[j] to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine,(EB) he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked(EC) and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.
24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said,
26 He also said,
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem!(EG)
May Canaan be the slave(EH) of Shem.
27 May God extend Japheth’s[k] territory;(EI)
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,(EJ)
and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”
28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.(EK)
The Table of Nations
10 This is the account(EL) of Shem, Ham and Japheth,(EM) Noah’s sons,(EN) who themselves had sons after the flood.
The Japhethites(EO)
2 The sons[l] of Japheth:
Gomer,(EP) Magog,(EQ) Madai, Javan,(ER) Tubal,(ES) Meshek(ET) and Tiras.
3 The sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz,(EU) Riphath and Togarmah.(EV)
4 The sons of Javan:
Elishah,(EW) Tarshish,(EX) the Kittites(EY) and the Rodanites.[m] 5 (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)(EZ)
The Hamites(FA)
6 The sons of Ham:
Cush,(FB) Egypt, Put(FC) and Canaan.(FD)
7 The sons of Cush:
Seba,(FE) Havilah,(FF) Sabtah, Raamah(FG) and Sabteka.
The sons of Raamah:
8 Cush was the father[n] of Nimrod,(FJ) who became a mighty warrior on the earth. 9 He was a mighty(FK) hunter(FL) before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon,(FM) Uruk,(FN) Akkad and Kalneh,(FO) in[o] Shinar.[p](FP) 11 From that land he went to Assyria,(FQ) where he built Nineveh,(FR) Rehoboth Ir,[q] Calah 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.
13 Egypt was the father of
the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 14 Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines(FS) came) and Caphtorites.(FT)
15 Canaan(FU) was the father of
Sidon(FV) his firstborn,[r](FW) and of the Hittites,(FX) 16 Jebusites,(FY) Amorites,(FZ) Girgashites,(GA) 17 Hivites,(GB) Arkites, Sinites, 18 Arvadites,(GC) Zemarites and Hamathites.(GD)
Later the Canaanite(GE) clans scattered 19 and the borders of Canaan(GF) reached from Sidon(GG) toward Gerar(GH) as far as Gaza,(GI) and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim,(GJ) as far as Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
The Semites(GK)
21 Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was[s] Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.(GL)
22 The sons of Shem:
Elam,(GM) Ashur,(GN) Arphaxad,(GO) Lud and Aram.(GP)
23 The sons of Aram:
Uz,(GQ) Hul, Gether and Meshek.[t]
24 Arphaxad was the father of[u] Shelah,
and Shelah the father of Eber.(GR)
25 Two sons were born to Eber:
One was named Peleg,[v] because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
26 Joktan was the father of
Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal,(GS) Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,(GT) 29 Ophir,(GU) Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
30 The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
31 These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
32 These are the clans of Noah’s sons,(GV) according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth(GW) after the flood.
The Tower of Babel
11 Now the whole world had one language(GX) and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward,[w] they found a plain in Shinar[x](GY) and settled there.
3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks(GZ) and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone,(HA) and tar(HB) for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens,(HC) so that we may make a name(HD) for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered(HE) over the face of the whole earth.”(HF)
5 But the Lord came down(HG) to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language(HH) they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us(HI) go down(HJ) and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”(HK)
8 So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth,(HL) and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel[y](HM)—because there the Lord confused the language(HN) of the whole world.(HO) From there the Lord scattered(HP) them over the face of the whole earth.
From Shem to Abram(HQ)
10 This is the account(HR) of Shem’s family line.
Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father[z] of Arphaxad.(HS) 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.(HT) 13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.[aa]
14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.(HU) 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.(HV) 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.(HW) 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.(HX) 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.(HY) 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.(HZ) 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,(IA) Nahor(IB) and Haran.(IC)
Abram’s Family
27 This is the account(ID) of Terah’s family line.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor(IE) and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.(IF) 28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans,(IG) in the land of his birth. 29 Abram and Nahor(IH) both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai,(II) and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah;(IJ) 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.(IK)
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot(IL) son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law(IM) Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans(IN) to go to Canaan.(IO) But when they came to Harran,(IP) they settled there.
32 Terah(IQ) lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.
Footnotes
- Genesis 6:3 Or My spirit will not remain in
- Genesis 6:3 Or corrupt
- Genesis 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Genesis 6:15 That is, about 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 135 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high
- Genesis 6:16 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
- Genesis 6:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
- Genesis 7:20 That is, about 23 feet or about 6.8 meters
- Genesis 7:20 Or rose more than fifteen cubits, and the mountains were covered
- Genesis 8:21 Or humans, for
- Genesis 9:20 Or soil, was the first
- Genesis 9:27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for extend.
- Genesis 10:2 Sons may mean descendants or successors or nations; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31.
- Genesis 10:4 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Dodanites
- Genesis 10:8 Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26.
- Genesis 10:10 Or Uruk and Akkad—all of them in
- Genesis 10:10 That is, Babylonia
- Genesis 10:11 Or Nineveh with its city squares
- Genesis 10:15 Or of the Sidonians, the foremost
- Genesis 10:21 Or Shem, the older brother of
- Genesis 10:23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew Mash.
- Genesis 10:24 Hebrew; Septuagint father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of
- Genesis 10:25 Peleg means division.
- 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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