1Now#Or “And” the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2And as people migrated#Or “set out” from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3And they said to each other,#Literally “each to his companion” “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.”#Literally “burn to burning” And they had brick for stone and they had tar for mortar. 4And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top reaches to the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

5Then#Or “And” Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower that humankind#Literally “sons of Adam” or “sons of humankind” was building. 6And Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people with one language,#Literally “one people and one language to all of them” and this is only the beginning of what they will do.#Literally “and this they begin to do” So#Or “And” now nothing that they intend to do will be impossible for them. 7Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand each other’s language.”#Literally “each the language of his companion” 8So Yahweh scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city. 9Therefore its name was called Babel, for there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth, and there Yahweh scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

The Descendants of Shem

10These are the generations#Or “family records” of Shem. When Shem was one hundred years old,#Literally “the son of one hundred years” he fathered Arphaxad, two years after the flood. 11And Shem lived five hundred years after he fathered Arphaxad, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 12When Arphaxad had lived thirty-five years, he fathered Shelah. 13And Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years after he fathered Shelah, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 14When Shelah had lived thirty years, he fathered Eber. 15And Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he fathered Eber, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 16When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he fathered Peleg. 17And Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he fathered Peleg, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 18When Peleg had lived thirty years, he fathered Reu. 19And Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he fathered Reu, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 20When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he fathered Serug. 21And Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he fathered Serug, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 22When Serug had lived thirty years, he fathered Nahor. 23And Serug lived two hundred years after he fathered Nahor, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 24When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he fathered Terah. 25And Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he fathered Terah, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 26When Terah had lived seventy years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

The Descendants of Terah

27Now#Or “And” these are the generations#Or “family records” of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran fathered Lot. 28And Haran died in the presence of Terah his father in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of the wife of Abram was Sarai, and the name of the wife of Nahor was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah. 30And Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, his grandson,#Literally “the son of his son” and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. And they went to Haran, and they settled there. 32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.

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Bereshis 11

1And the kol HaAretz was of one language and of devarim achadim (common words).

2And it came to pass, as they migrated from the east, that they found a plain in Eretz Shinar; and they dwelt there.

3And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and bake them thoroughly. And they had brick for even (stone), and bitumen had they for mortar.

4And they said, Come, let us build us an Ir and a Migdal, whose rosh (top) may reach unto Shomayim; and let us make us a shem, otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of kol HaAretz.

5And Hashem came down to see the Ir and the Migdal, which Bnei HaAdam built.

6And Hashem said, See, the Am is echad and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be impossible for them, which they have proposed to do.

7Come, let Us go down, and there confuse their sefat, that they may not understand one anotherʼs language.

8So Hashem scattered them abroad from there upon the face of kol Ha'Aretz; and they left off building the Ir.

9Therefore is the shem of it called Bavel; because Hashem did there confuse the language of kol Ha'Aretz; and from there did Hashem scatter them abroad upon the face of kol Ha'Aretz.

10These are the toldot of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and fathered Arpachshad two years after the mabbul;

11And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad five hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

12And Arpachshad lived five and thirty shanah, and fathered Shelach;

13And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelach four hundred and three shanim, and fathered banim and banot.

14And Shelach lived thirty shanah, and fathered Ever;

15And Shelach lived after he fathered Ever four hundred and three shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

16And Ever lived four and thirty shanah, and fathered Peleg;

17And Ever lived after he fathered Peleg four hundred and thirty shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

18And Peleg lived thirty shanah, and fathered Reu;

19And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu two hundred and nine shanim, and fathered banim and banot.

20And Reu lived two and thirty shanah, and fathered Serug;

21And Reu lived after he fathered Serug two hundred and seven shanim, and fathered banim and banot.

22And Serug lived thirty shanah, and fathered Nachor;

23And Serug lived after he fathered Nachor two hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

24And Nachor lived nine and twenty shanah, and fathered Terach;

25And Nachor lived after he fathered Terach a hundred and nineteen shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

26And Terach lived seventy shanah, and fathered Avram, Nachor, and Haran.

27Now these are the toldot Terach: Terach fathered Avram, Nachor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.

28And Haran died before his av Terach in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.

29And Avram and Nachor took them nashim: the shem eshet Avram was Sarai; and the shem eshet Nachor was Milcah, the bat Haran Avi Milcah, and Avi Yiskah.

30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31And Terach took Avram bno, and ben bno Lot ben Haran, and Sarai his kallah, eshet Avram bno; and they went forth with them from Ur Kasdim, to go into Eretz Kena'an; and they came unto Charan (Haran), and dwelt there.

32And the days of Terach were two hundred and five shanim; and Terach died in Charan (Haran).

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