Genesis 11

vayehi khol-ha'arets safah ekhat udevarim akhadim

Everyone on earth had the same language and the same words.

vayehi benosam miqqedem vayyimtse'u viqah be'erets shinar vayyeshevu sham

And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.

vayyomeru ish el-re'ehu havah nilbenah levenim venisrefah lisrefah vattehi lahem hallevenah le'aven vehakhemar hayah lahem lakhomer

They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them hard.”—Brick served them as stone, and bitumen served them as mortar.—

vayyomeru havah nivneh-llanu ir umigdal verosho vashamayim vena'aseh-llanu shem pen-nafuts al-pene khol-ha'arets

And they said, “Come, let us build us a city, and a tower with its top in the sky, to make a name for ourselves; else we shall be scattered all over the world.”

vayyered Adonai lirot et-ha'ir ve'et-hammigdal asher banu bene ha'adam

GOD came down to look at the city and tower that the mortals had built,

vayyomer Adonai hen am ekhad vesafah akhat lekhullam vezeh hakhillam la'asot ve'attah lo-yibbatser mehem kol asher yazemu la'asot

and GOD said, “If, as one people with one language for all, this is how they have begun to act, then nothing that they may propose to do will be out of their reach.

havah neredah venavelah sham sefatam asher lo yishme'u ish sefat re'ehu

Let us, then, go down and confound their speech there, so that they shall not understand one another’s speech.”

vayyafets Adonai otam misham al-pene khol-ha'arets vayyakhdelu livnot ha'ir

Thus GOD scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.

al-ken qara shemah bavel ki-sham balal Adonai sefat kol-ha'arets umisham hefitsam Adonai al-pene kol-ha'arets

That is why it was called Babel, because there GOD confounded the speech of the whole earth; and from there GOD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

elleh toledot shem shem ben-me'at shanah vayyoled et-arpakhshad shenatayim akhar hammabbul

This is the line of Shem. Shem was 100 years old when he begot Arpachshad, two years after the Flood.

vayekhi-shem akhare holido et-arpakhshad khamesh me'ot shanah vayyoled banim uvanot

After the birth of Arpachshad, Shem lived 500 years and begot sons and daughters.

ve'arpakhshad khay khamesh usheloshim shanah vayyoled et-shalakh

When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he begot Shelah.

vayekhi arpakhshad akhare holido et-shelakh shalosh shanim ve'arba me'ot shanah vayyoled banim uvanot

After the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad lived 403 years and begot sons and daughters.

veshelakh khay sheloshim shanah vayyoled et-ever

When Shelah had lived 30 years, he begot Eber.

vayekhi-shelakh akhare holido et-ever shalosh shanim ve'arba me'ot shanah vayyoled banim uvanot

After the birth of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and begot sons and daughters.

vayekhi-ever arba usheloshim shanah vayyoled et-paleg

When Eber had lived 34 years, he begot Peleg.

vayekhi-ever akhare holido et-peleg sheloshim shanah ve'arba me'ot shanah vayyoled banim uvanot

After the birth of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and begot sons and daughters.

vayekhi-feleg sheloshim shanah vayyoled et-re'u

When Peleg had lived 30 years, he begot Reu.

vayekhi-feleg akhare holido et-re'u tesha shanim umatayim shanah vayyoled banim uvanot

After the birth of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and begot sons and daughters.

vayekhi re'u shetayim usheloshim shanah vayyoled et-serug

When Reu had lived 32 years, he begot Serug.

vayekhi re'u akhare holido et-serug sheva shanim umatayim shanah vayyoled banim uvanot

After the birth of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and begot sons and daughters.

vayekhi serug sheloshim shanah vayyoled et-nakhor

When Serug had lived 30 years, he begot Nahor.

vayekhi serug akhare holido et-nakhor matayim shanah vayyoled banim uvanot

After the birth of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and begot sons and daughters.

vayekhi nakhor tesha ve'esrim shanah vayyoled et-tarakh

When Nahor had lived 29 years, he begot Terah.

vayekhi nakhor akhare holido et-terakh tesha-esreh shanah ume'at shanah vayyoled banim uvanot

After the birth of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and begot sons and daughters.

vayekhi-terakh shivim shanah vayyoled et-avram et-nakhor ve'et-haran

When Terah had lived 70 years, he begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

ve'elleh toledot terakh terakh holid et-avram et-nakhor ve'et-haran veharan holid et-lot

Now this is the line of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.

vayyamot haran al-pene terakh aviv be'erets moladto be'ur kasdim

Haran died in the lifetime of his father Terah, in his native land, Ur of the Chaldeans.

vayyiqqakh avram venakhor lahem nashim shem eshet-avram saray veshem eshet-nakhor milkah bat-haran avi-milkah va'avi yiskah

Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves, the name of Abram’s wife being Sarai and that of Nahor’s wife Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

vattehi saray aqarah en lah valad

Now Sarai was infertile, she had no child.

vayyiqqakh terakh et-avram beno ve'et-lot ben-haran ben-beno ve'et saray kallato eshet avram beno vayyetse'u ittam me'ur kasdim lalekhet artsah kena'an vayyavo'u ad-kharan vayyeshevu sham

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan; but when they had come as far as Haran, they settled there.

vayyihyu yeme-terakh khamesh shanim umatayim shanah vayyamot terakh bekharan

The days of Terah came to 205 years; and Terah died in Haran.