Sáng Thế 11
New Vietnamese Bible
Tháp Ba-bên
11 Bấy giờ cả thế giới chỉ có một ngôn ngữ, và cùng một thứ tiếng. 2 Từ phương đông đi ra và người ta gặp một đồng bằng trong xứ Si-nê-a nên định cư ở đấy.
3 Họ bảo nhau: “Nào, chúng ta hãy làm gạch và nung cho chín!” Lúc đó, người ta dùng gạch thay cho đá và nhựa chai thay cho hồ. 4 Họ lại nói: “Nào, chúng ta hãy xây một thành và một ngôi tháp ngọn cao tận trời[a] Chúng ta hãy lưu danh mình kẻo bị tản lạc khắp mặt đất!”
5 CHÚA ngự xuống xem thành và ngôi tháp con cái loài người[b] đang xây cất. 6 CHÚA phán: “Kìa, toàn thể loài người chỉ có một dân tộc, một ngôn ngữ. Kìa chúng bắt đầu làm việc này, nay không còn gì ngăn cản chúng làm mọi điều chúng hoạch định nữa. 7 Nào, Chúng Ta hãy xuống xáo trộn ngôn ngữ của chúng, làm chúng không thể nào hiểu tiếng nói của nhau được.”
8 CHÚA phân tán loài người từ nơi đó ra khắp mặt đất, và họ ngưng xây cất thành này. 9 Vì thế, thành ấy mang tên là Ba-bên, vì tại đấy CHÚA làm xáo trộn ngôn ngữ cả thế giới và Ngài phân tán họ ra khắp mặt đất.
Gia Phả Của Áp-ra-ham
10 Đây là dòng dõi của Sem:
Hai năm sau cơn lụt, Sem được một trăm tuổi và sinh A-bác-sát. 11 Sau khi sinh A-bác-sát, Sem còn sống năm trăm năm, sinh con trai con gái.
12 A-bác-sát được ba mươi lăm tuổi sinh Sa-lách. 13 Sau khi sinh ra Sa-lách, A-bác-sát còn sống bốn trăm lẻ ba năm, sinh con trai con gái.
14 Sa-lách được ba mươi tuổi sinh Hê-be. 15 Sau khi sinh Hê-be, Sa-lách còn sống bốn trăm lẻ ba năm, sinh con trai con gái.
16 Hê-be được ba mươi bốn tuổi sinh Bê-léc. 17 Sau khi sinh Bê-léc, Hê-be còn sống bốn trăm ba mươi năm, sinh con trai con gái.
18 Bê-léc được ba mươi tuổi sinh Rê-hu. 19 Sau khi sinh Rê-hu, Bê-léc còn sống hai trăm lẻ chín năm, sinh con trai con gái.
20 Rê-hu được ba mươi hai tuổi sinh Sê-rúc. 21 Sau khi sinh Sê-rúc, Rê-hu còn sống hai trăm lẻ bảy năm, sinh con trai con gái.
22 Sê-rúc được ba mươi tuổi sinh Na-cô. 23 Sau khi sinh Na-cô, Sê-rúc còn sống hai trăm năm, sinh con trai con gái.
24 Na-cô được hai mươi chín tuổi sinh Tha-rê. 25 Sau khi sinh Tha-rê, Na-cô còn sống một trăm mười chín năm, sinh con trai con gái.
26 Tha-rê được bảy mươi tuổi sinh Áp-ram, Na-cô và Ha-ran.
27 Đây là dòng dõi của Tha-rê:
Tha-rê sinh Áp-ram, Na-cô và Ha-ran, Ha-ran sinh Lót. 28 Ha-ran qua đời tại quê hương mình ở thành U-rơ của người Canh-đê, khi cha mình là Tha-rê còn sống. 29 Áp-ram và Na-cô cưới vợ; vợ Áp-ram tên là Sa-rai; còn vợ Na-cô tên là Minh-ca, con gái của Ha-ran. Ha-ran là cha của Minh-ca và Dích-ca. 30 Sa-rai bị hiếm muộn không có con.
31 Tha-rê đem Áp-ram, con trai mình, Lót, con Ha-ran, cháu mình và Sa-rai, dâu mình, vợ của Áp-ram đồng ra khỏi U-rơ của người Canh-đê để qua xứ Ca-na-an. Nhưng khi đến Cha-ran, họ ở lại tại đó.
32 Tha-rê hưởng thọ hai trăm lẻ năm tuổi rồi qua đời tại Cha-ran.
Genesis 11
King James Version
11 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Genesis 11
English Standard Version
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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