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Génesis 11
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Génesis 11
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La torre de Babel
11 1-2 Cuando la gente se fue hacia el este, encontró un valle en la región de Babilonia, y allí se quedó a vivir. En aquel tiempo todos hablaban el mismo idioma, 3-4 así que se dijeron los unos a los otros:
«Construyamos una ciudad con una torre que llegue hasta el cielo. Nos haremos famosos y no acabaremos dispersándonos por todo el mundo».
Y empezaron a construir. En lugar de piedras, usaron ladrillos que ellos mismos hicieron, y en lugar de mezcla usaron brea.[a] 5 Pero cuando Dios bajó a ver lo que estaban construyendo, 6 dijo:
«Como son un solo pueblo, y hablan un solo idioma, ya han comenzado a hacer esto. Ahora nada les impedirá hacer lo que quieran. 7 Es mejor que bajemos y confundamos su idioma, para que no se puedan entender».
8-9 Y desde ese lugar Dios los dispersó por toda la tierra, y ellos dejaron de construir la ciudad. Allí Dios confundió su idioma para que no pudieran entenderse. Por eso la ciudad se llama Babel.[b]
Sem y sus descendientes
10 Ésta es la lista de los descendientes de Sem:
Sem tenía cien años cuando nació su hijo Arfaxad. Esto fue dos años después de la inundación que destruyó la tierra. 11 También tuvo más hijos y más hijas. Después de que nació Arfaxad, Sem vivió quinientos años más.
12 Arfaxad tenía treinta y cinco años cuando nació su hijo Sélah, 13 y luego tuvo más hijos y más hijas. Después de que nació Sélah, Arfaxad vivió cuatrocientos tres años más.
14 Sélah tenía treinta años cuando nació su hijo Éber, 15 y luego tuvo más hijos y más hijas. Después de que nació Éber, Sélah vivió cuatrocientos tres años más.
16 Éber tenía treinta y cuatro años cuando nació su hijo Péleg, 17 y luego tuvo más hijos y más hijas. Después de que nació Péleg, Éber vivió cuatrocientos treinta años más.
18 Péleg tenía treinta años cuando nació su hijo Reú, 19 y luego tuvo más hijos y más hijas. Después de que nació Reú, Péleg vivió doscientos nueve años más.
20 Reú tenía treinta y dos años cuando nació su hijo Serug, 21 y luego tuvo más hijos y más hijas. Después de que nació Serug, Reú vivió doscientos siete años más.
22 Serug tenía treinta años cuando nació su hijo Nahor, 23 y luego tuvo más hijos y más hijas. Después de que nació Nahor, Serug vivió doscientos años más.
24 Nahor tenía veintinueve años cuando nació su hijo Térah, 25 y luego tuvo más hijos y más hijas. Después de que nació Térah, Nahor vivió ciento diecinueve años más.
26 Térah tenía setenta años cuando nacieron sus hijos Abram, Nahor y Harán.
Térah y sus descendientes
27 Ésta es la lista de los descendientes de Térah:
Térah fue padre de Abram, Nahor y Harán.
Harán fue padre de Lot. 28 Harán murió en Ur de los caldeos, donde había nacido. Cuando murió, todavía vivía su padre.
29-30 Abram se casó con una mujer llamada Sarai, la cual no podía tener hijos.
Nahor se casó con una mujer llamada Milcá, que era hija de Harán. La otra hija de Harán se llamaba Iscá.
31 Térah salió de Ur de los caldeos y se dirigió a la tierra de Canaán, pero al llegar a Harán se quedó a vivir allí, junto con su hijo Abram, su nieto Lot y su nuera Sarai. 32 Allí murió Térah, a la edad de doscientos cinco años.
Footnotes
- Génesis 11:3 Brea. Véase nota en 6.14.
- Génesis 11:8 Babel: Este nombre suena parecido a la palabra hebrea que significa confusión .
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
Genesis 11
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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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