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Genesis 11
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Genesis 11
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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
Genesis 11
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Genesis 11
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De toren van Babel
11 In het begin was er op de hele aarde maar één taal. 2 Toen de mensen naar het oosten trokken, kwamen ze bij een vlakte in het land Sinear. Daar gingen ze wonen. 3 Ze zeiden tegen elkaar: "Laten we van klei bouwstenen bakken." Ze bouwden ermee en metselden ze met asfalt op elkaar. 4 Toen zeiden ze: "Laten we een stad bouwen met een toren waarvan de top tot in de hemel komt. Laten we er zo voor zorgen dat iedereen ontzag voor ons heeft. Dan zullen we niet over de hele aarde verspreid raken."
5 Toen kwam de Heer vanuit de hemel naar de aarde. Hij wilde de stad en de toren bekijken die de mensen aan het bouwen waren. 6 Hij zei: "Ze zijn nu één volk, met één taal. Niets zal onmogelijk voor hen zijn. Dit is nog maar het begin van al hun plannen. Daar zal Ik een eind aan maken. 7 Laten We naar beneden gaan en hun taal in de war maken, zodat ze elkaar niet meer begrijpen." 8 Zo verspreidde de Heer hen van daar over de hele aarde. Ze stopten met de bouw van de stad. 9 De mensen noemden de stad Babel (= 'verwarring') omdat de Heer daar de taal van de mensen verward heeft. Zo verspreidde de Heer hen vanuit die stad over de hele aarde.
De familie van Sem
10 Dit is de familie van Sem.
Toen Sem 100 jaar was, kreeg hij een zoon: Arpachsad. Dat was twee jaar na de overstroming. 11 Sem leefde nog 500 jaar nadat Arpachsad was geboren en kreeg nog meer zonen en dochters.
12 Toen Arpachsad 35 jaar was, kreeg hij een zoon: Sela. 13 Arpachsad leefde nog 403 jaar nadat Sela was geboren en kreeg nog meer zonen en dochters.
14 Toen Sela 30 jaar was, kreeg hij een zoon: Heber. 15 Sela leefde nog 403 jaar nadat Heber was geboren en kreeg nog meer zonen en dochters.
16 Toen Heber 34 jaar was, kreeg hij een zoon: Peleg. 17 Heber leefde nog 430 jaar nadat Peleg was geboren en kreeg nog meer zonen en dochters.
18 Toen Peleg 30 jaar was, kreeg hij een zoon: Rehu. 19 Peleg leefde nog 209 jaar nadat Rehu was geboren en kreeg nog meer zonen en dochters.
20 Toen Rehu 32 jaar was, kreeg hij een zoon: Serug. 21 Rehu leefde nog 207 jaar nadat Serug was geboren en kreeg nog meer zonen en dochters.
22 Toen Serug 30 jaar was, kreeg hij een zoon: Nahor. 23 Serug leefde nog 200 jaar nadat Nahor was geboren en kreeg nog meer zonen en dochters.
24 Toen Nahor 29 jaar was, kreeg hij een zoon: Terach. 25 Nahor leefde nog 119 jaar nadat Terach was geboren en kreeg nog meer zonen en dochters.
26 Toen Terach 70 jaar was, kreeg hij drie zonen: Abram, Nahor en Haran.
De familie van Terach
27 Dit is de familie van Terach. Terach kreeg drie zonen: Abram, Nahor en Haran. Haran kreeg een zoon: Lot. 28 Haran stierf toen zijn vader Terach nog leefde. Hij stierf in Ur in het land van de Chaldeeën, waar hij ook geboren was. 29 Abram en Nahor trouwden. Abrams vrouw heette Saraï en Nahors vrouw heette Milka. Milka was een dochter van Haran. Haran had twee dochters: Milka en Jiska. 30 Saraï kon geen kinderen krijgen.
31 Terach vertrok met zijn zoon Abram, zijn kleinzoon Lot (de zoon van Haran) en Saraï, de vrouw van Abram, uit Ur in het land van de Chaldeeën. Hij wilde met hen naar het land Kanaän gaan. Maar toen ze in Haran kwamen, bleven ze daar. 32 Terach stierf in Haran. Hij was toen 205 jaar.
Genesis 11
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Genesis 11
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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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A torre de Babel
11 Naquele tempo toda a humanidade falava uma só língua. 2 Deslocando-se e espalhando-se em direção ao oriente, os homens descobriram uma planície na terra de Sinar e depressa a povoaram. 3 E começaram a falar em construir uma grande cidade, para o que fizeram tijolos de terra bem cozida, para servir de pedra de construção e usaram alcatrão em vez de argamassa. 4 Depois eles disseram: “Vamos construir uma cidade com uma torre altíssima, que chegue até aos céus; dessa forma, o nosso nome será honrado por todos e jamais seremos dispersos pela face da Terra!”
5 O Senhor desceu para ver a cidade e a torre que estavam a levantar. 6 “Vejamos se isto é o que eles já são capazes de fazer; sendo um só povo, com uma só língua, não haverá limites para tudo o que ousarem fazer. 7 Vamos descer e fazer com que a língua deles comece a diferenciar-se, de forma que uns não entendam os outros.”
8 E foi dessa forma que o Senhor os espalhou sobre toda a face da Terra, tendo cessado a construção daquela cidade. 9 Por isso, ficou a chamar-se Babel,[a] porque foi ali que o Senhor confundiu a língua dos homens e espalhou-os por toda a Terra.
Desde Sem a Abrão
(1 Cr 1.24-27)
10 A linha de descendentes de Sem incluía Arfaxade, nascido dois anos após o dilúvio, quando Sem tinha 100 anos de idade. 11 E depois ainda viveu mais 500 anos e teve muitos filhos e filhas.
12 Arfaxade tinha 35 anos, quando lhe nasceu Sala. 13 Viveu ainda 403 anos e teve muitos filhos e filhas.
14 Sala tinha 30 anos, quando Eber nasceu. 15 E viveu depois 403 anos, tendo tido muitos filhos e filhas.
16 Aos 34 anos Eber teve Pelegue. 17 Viveu mais 430 anos com muitos filhos e filhas.
18 Pelegue contava 30 anos, ao nascer-lhe Reu. 19 Viveu ainda 209 anos com muitos filhos e filhas.
20 Reu, aos 32 anos, teve Serugue. 21 Viveu depois disso 207 anos, tendo tido muitos filhos e filhas.
22 Serugue, quando contava 30 anos, teve Naor. 23 Viveu, com muitos filhos e filhas, 200 anos depois disso.
24 Com 29 anos Naor foi pai de Tera. 25 Depois viveu ainda 119 anos, tendo tido muitos filhos e filhas.
26 Tera, aos 70 anos, tinha três filhos: Abrão, Naor e Harã.
27 Esta é a lista de descendentes de Tera.
Tera foi pai de Abrão, Naor e Harã. Harã tinha, por sua vez, um filho chamado Lot. 28 Harã morreu ainda novo, na terra onde tinha nascido, em Ur da Caldeia, e o seu pai Tera ainda era vivo. 29 Entretanto, Abrão casou com Sarai, enquanto Naor casou-se com Milca, que era filha de Harã e irmã de Isca. 30 Mas Sarai era estéril, não tinha filhos.
31 Então Tera pegou em Abrão, seu filho, e em Lot, seu neto, mais a sua nora Sarai e deixou Ur da Caldeia, para ir para a terra de Canaã. Contudo, ficaram-se pela cidade de Harã e estabeleceram-se ali, 32 até que Tera morreu aos 205 anos.
Footnotes
- 11.9 Isto é, confundir.
Genesis 11
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Genesis 11
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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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