Genesis 11
EasyEnglish Bible
The tower in Babel
11 At this time, everyone who lived on the earth spoke one language. They used the same words. 2 People moved to the east. They reached a large flat piece of land called Shinar. They stayed there to live. 3 They said to each other, ‘We should make bricks and cook them until they are hard.’ These people used bricks instead of stones to build houses. They used tar to hold the bricks together, instead of cement.[a]
4 They said, ‘Let us build a city to live in. We should also build a very tall tower. The tower will go up into the heavens. Then we will always be famous. If we do that, we will not have to separate and go to live in different places on the earth.’
5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower. He saw that the people had started to build them. 6 The Lord said, ‘Because they all speak the same language, they are able to do this. If they can do this together, they may decide to do whatever they want. 7 Now we must go down to them. We must make their language become confused. Then they will not be able to understand each other.’
8 So the Lord separated the people from one another. They went to live in different lands all over the earth. They stopped building the city for themselves. 9 That is why people called the city Babel.[b] It was because the Lord confused all the people of the world and he gave them different languages to speak. From that time, the Lord separated the people from each other so that they lived in different places all over the earth.
Shem's family
10 This is the report about Shem and his family.
Two years after the deep water went away from the earth, Shem was 100 years old. He became the father of Arphaxad. 11 After Arphaxad was born, Shem lived for 500 years. He had other sons and daughters.
12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah. 13 After Shelah was born, Arphaxad lived for 403 years. He had other sons and daughters.
14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber. 15 After Eber was born, Shelah lived for 403 years. He had other sons and daughters.
16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg. 17 After Peleg was born, Eber lived for 430 years. He had other sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu. 19 After Reu was born, Peleg lived for 209 years. He had other sons and daughters.
20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug. 21 After Serug was born, Reu lived for 207 years. He had other sons and daughters.
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor. 23 After Nahor was born, Serug lived for 200 years. He had other sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah. 25 After Terah was born, Nahor lived for 119 years. He had other sons and daughters.
26 After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.
Terah's family
27 This is the report about Terah and his family.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot. 28 While Terah was still alive, his son, Haran, died. Haran died in Ur, the land of the Chaldeans. That was where Haran had been born.
29 Abram married Sarai. Nahor married Milcah. Milcah was Haran's daughter. Haran was the father of Milcah and Iscah. 30 Sarai could not give birth to children. She did not have any children.
31 Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot. (Lot was Haran's son.) Terah also took Abram's wife Sarai. They all left Ur, the land of the Chaldeans. They began to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they stayed there. 32 Terah lived for 205 years. Then he died in Haran.
Genesis 11
New King James Version
The Tower of Babel
11 Now the whole earth had one language and one [a]speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land (A)of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and [b]bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. 4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower (B)whose top is in the heavens; let us make a (C)name for ourselves, lest we (D)be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
5 (E)But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 6 And the Lord said, “Indeed (F)the people are one and they all have (G)one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they (H)propose to do will be withheld from them. 7 Come, (I)let Us go down and there (J)confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So (K)the Lord scattered them abroad from there (L)over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. 9 Therefore its name is called [c]Babel, (M)because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
Shem’s Descendants(N)
10 (O)This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood. 11 After he begot Arphaxad, Shem lived five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
12 Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, (P)and begot Salah. 13 After he begot Salah, Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
14 Salah lived thirty years, and begot Eber. 15 After he begot Eber, Salah lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
16 (Q)Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot (R)Peleg. 17 After he begot Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
18 Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu. 19 After he begot Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
20 Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot (S)Serug. 21 After he begot Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
22 Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor. 23 After he begot Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot (T)Terah. 25 After he begot Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
26 Now Terah lived seventy years, and (U)begot [d]Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Terah’s Descendants
27 This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot (V)Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was (W)Sarai,[e] and the name of Nahor’s wife, (X)Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 30 But (Y)Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Terah (Z)took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from (AA)Ur of the Chaldeans to go to (AB)the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. 32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.
Footnotes
- Genesis 11:1 Lit. lip
- Genesis 11:3 Lit. burn
- Genesis 11:9 Lit. Confusion, Babylon
- Genesis 11:26 Abraham, Gen. 17:5
- Genesis 11:29 Sarah, Gen. 17:15
Génesis 11
Dios Habla Hoy
La torre de Babel
11 En aquel tiempo todo el mundo hablaba el mismo idioma. 2 Cuando salieron de la región oriental, encontraron una llanura en la región de Sinar y allí se quedaron a vivir. 3 Un día se dijeron unos a otros: «Vamos a hacer ladrillos y a cocerlos en el fuego.» Así, usaron ladrillos en lugar de piedras y asfalto natural en lugar de mezcla. 4 Después dijeron: «Vengan, vamos a construir una ciudad y una torre que llegue hasta el cielo. De este modo nos haremos famosos y no tendremos que dispersarnos por toda la tierra.»
5 Pero el Señor bajó a ver la ciudad y la torre que los hombres estaban construyendo, 6 y pensó: «Ellos son un solo pueblo y hablan un solo idioma; por eso han comenzado este trabajo, y ahora por nada del mundo van a dejar de hacerlo. 7 Es mejor que bajemos a confundir su idioma, para que no se entiendan entre ellos.»
8 Así fue como el Señor los dispersó por toda la tierra, y ellos dejaron de construir la ciudad. 9 En ese lugar el Señor confundió el idioma de todos los habitantes de la tierra, y de allí los dispersó por todo el mundo. Por eso la ciudad se llamó Babel.
Los descendientes de Sem(A)
10 Éstos fueron los descendientes de Sem. Dos años después del diluvio, cuando Sem tenía cien años, nació su hijo Arfaxad. 11 Después de esto, Sem vivió quinientos años más, y tuvo otros hijos e hijas.
12 Arfaxad tenía treinta y cinco años cuando nació su hijo Sélah. 13 Después de esto, Arfaxad vivió cuatrocientos tres años más, y tuvo otros hijos e hijas.
14 Sélah tenía treinta años cuando nació su hijo Éber. 15 Después de esto, Sélah vivió cuatrocientos tres años más, y tuvo otros hijos e hijas.
16 Éber tenía treinta y cuatro años cuando nació su hijo Péleg. 17 Después de esto, Éber vivió cuatrocientos treinta años más, y tuvo otros hijos e hijas.
18 Péleg tenía treinta años cuando nació su hijo Reú. 19 Después de esto, Péleg vivió doscientos nueve años más, y tuvo otros hijos e hijas.
20 Reú tenía treinta y dos años cuando nació su hijo Serug. 21 Después de esto, Reú vivió doscientos siete años más, y tuvo otros hijos e hijas.
22 Serug tenía treinta años cuando nació su hijo Nahor. 23 Después de esto, Serug vivió doscientos años más, y tuvo otros hijos e hijas.
24 Nahor tenía veintinueve años cuando nació su hijo Térah. 25 Después de esto, Nahor vivió ciento diecinueve años más, y tuvo otros hijos e hijas.
26 Térah tenía ya setenta años cuando nacieron sus hijos Abram, Nahor y Harán.
Los descendientes de Térah
27 Éstos son los descendientes de Térah, que fue el padre de Abram, Nahor y Harán. Harán, el padre de Lot, 28 murió en Ur de Caldea, antes que su padre Térah. Murió en el mismo lugar donde había nacido.
29 Abram se casó con Sarai, y Nahor se casó con Milcá, que era hija de Harán y hermana de Iscá. 30 Sarai no podía tener hijos porque era estéril.
31 Térah salió de Ur de los caldeos para ir a la tierra de Canaán, y se llevó con él a su hijo Abram, a su nieto Lot y a su nuera Sarai. Sin embargo, cuando llegaron a la ciudad de Harán, se quedaron a vivir allí. 32 Y Térah murió en Harán a la edad de doscientos cinco años.
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