Allכָלthe earthהָאָרֶץhadוַיְהִיoneאֶחָתlanguageשָׂפָהandוּthe sameאֲחָדִיםwords.דְבָרִים
Asוַיְהִי בְּthey journeyedנָסְעָםfrom the east,מִקֶּדֶםthey foundוַיִּמְצְאוּa plainבִקְעָהin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Shinarשִׁנְעָרand settledוַיֵּשְׁבוּthere.שָׁם
They saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto one another,אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ“Come,הָבָהlet us makeנִלְבְּנָהbricksלְבֵנִיםand burn themוְנִשְׂרְפָהthoroughly.”לִשְׂרֵפָהAndוַbrickהַלְּבֵנָהservedתְּהִיthemלָהֶםas stone,לְאָבֶןandוְbitumenהַחֵמָרservedהָיָהthemלָהֶםas mortar.לַחֹמֶר
And they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Come,הָבָהlet us buildנִבְנֶהourselvesלָּנוּa cityעִירand a towerוּמִגְדָּלwith its topוְרֹאשׁוֹin the heavens,בַשָּׁמַיִםand let us makeוְנַעֲשֶׂהa nameשֵׁםfor ourselves,לָּנוּso that we are not scatteredפֶּן נָפוּץoverעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof allכָלthe earth.”הָאָרֶץ
YHWHיְהוָהcame downוַיֵּרֶדto seeלִרְאֹתthe cityאֶת הָעִירand the towerוְאֶת הַמִּגְדָּלthatאֲשֶׁרthe human beingsבְּנֵי הָאָדָםhad built.בָּנוּ
And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Look,הֵןthey are oneאֶחָדpeople,עַםandוְthey allלְכֻלָּםhave oneאַחַתlanguage,שָׂפָהand thisוְזֶהis what they have begunהַחִלָּםto do;לַעֲשׂוֹתand nowוְעַתָּהnothingלֹא כֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרthey planיָזְמוּto doלַעֲשׂוֹתwill be out of reachיִבָּצֵרfor them.מֵהֶם
Come,הָבָהlet us go downנֵרְדָהand confuseוְנָבְלָהtheir languageשְׂפָתָםthere,שָׁםso thatאֲשֶׁרno oneלֹא אִישׁwill understandיִשְׁמְעוּthe languageשְׂפַתof his neighbor.”רֵעֵהוּ
SoוַYHWHיְהוָהscatteredיָּפֶץthemאֹתָםfrom thereמִשָּׁםoverעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof allכָלthe earth,הָאָרֶץand they stoppedוַיַּחְדְּלוּbuildingלִבְנֹתthe city.הָעִיר
That is whyעַל כֵּןits nameשְׁמָהּwas calledקָרָאBabel,בָּבֶלbecauseכִּיthereשָׁםYHWHיְהוָהconfusedבָּלַלthe languageשְׂפַתof allכָּלthe earth,הָאָרֶץand from thereוּמִשָּׁםYHWHיְהוָהscattered themהֱפִיצָםoverעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof allכָּלthe earth.הָאָרֶץ
Theseאֵלֶּהare the generationsתּוֹלְדֹתof Shem.שֵׁםShemשֵׁםwas a hundredבֶּן מְאַתyears oldשָׁנָהwhen he fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדArpachshad,אֶת אַרְפַּכְשָׁדtwo yearsשְׁנָתַיִםafterאַחַרthe flood.הַמַּבּוּל
Afterאַחֲרֵיhe fatheredהוֹלִידוֹArpachshad,אֶת אַרְפַּכְשָׁדShemשֵׁםlivedוַיְחִיfive hundredחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹתyearsשָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדsonsבָּנִיםand daughters.וּבָנוֹת
Arpachshadוְאַרְפַּכְשַׁדlivedחַיthirty-fiveחָמֵשׁ וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםyearsשָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדShelah.אֶת שָׁלַח
Afterאַחֲרֵיhe fatheredהוֹלִידוֹShelah,אֶת שֶׁלַחArpachshadאַרְפַּכְשַׁדlivedוַיְחִיfour hundredאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹתandוְthreeשָׁלֹשׁyearsשָׁנִים שָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדsonsבָּנִיםand daughters.וּבָנוֹת
Shelahוְשֶׁלַחlivedחַיthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםyearsשָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדEber.אֶת עֵבֶר
Afterאַחֲרֵיhe fatheredהוֹלִידוֹEber,אֶת עֵבֶרShelahשֶׁלַחlivedוַיְחִיfour hundredאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹתandוְthreeשָׁלֹשׁyearsשָׁנִים שָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדsonsבָּנִיםand daughters.וּבָנוֹת
Eberעֵבֶרlivedוַיְחִיthirty-fourאַרְבַּע וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםyearsשָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדPeleg.אֶת פָּלֶג
Afterאַחֲרֵיhe fatheredהוֹלִידוֹPeleg,אֶת פֶּלֶגEberעֵבֶרlivedוַיְחִיfour hundredאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹתandוְthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםyearsשָׁנָה שָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדsonsבָּנִיםand daughters.וּבָנוֹת
Pelegפֶלֶגlivedוַיְחִיthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםyearsשָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדReu.אֶת רְעוּ
Afterאַחֲרֵיhe fatheredהוֹלִידוֹReu,אֶת רְעוּPelegפֶלֶגlivedוַיְחִיtwo hundredמָאתַיִםandוּnineתֵּשַׁעyearsשָׁנִים שָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדsonsבָּנִיםand daughters.וּבָנוֹת
Reuרְעוּlivedוַיְחִיthirty-twoשְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםyearsשָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדSerug.אֶת שְׂרוּג
Afterאַחֲרֵיhe fatheredהוֹלִידוֹSerug,אֶת שְׂרוּגReuרְעוּlivedוַיְחִיtwo hundredמָאתַיִםandוּsevenשֶׁבַעyearsשָׁנִים שָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדsonsבָּנִיםand daughters.וּבָנוֹת
Serugשְׂרוּגlivedוַיְחִיthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםyearsשָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדNahor.אֶת נָחוֹר
Afterאַחֲרֵיhe fatheredהוֹלִידוֹNahor,אֶת נָחוֹרSerugשְׂרוּגlivedוַיְחִיtwo hundredמָאתַיִםyearsשָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדsonsבָּנִיםand daughters.וּבָנוֹת
Nahorנָחוֹרlivedוַיְחִיtwenty-nineתֵּשַׁע וְעֶשְׂרִיםyearsשָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדTerah.אֶת תָּרַח
Afterאַחֲרֵיhe fatheredהוֹלִידוֹTerah,אֶת תֶּרַחNahorנָחוֹרlivedוַיְחִיa hundredמְאַתandוּnineteenתְּשַׁע עֶשְׂרֵהyearsשָׁנָה שָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדsonsבָּנִיםand daughters.וּבָנוֹת
Terahתֶרַחlivedוַיְחִיseventyשִׁבְעִיםyearsשָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדAbram,אֶת אַבְרָםNahor,אֶת נָחוֹרand Haran.וְאֶת הָרָן
Now theseוְאֵלֶּהare the generationsתּוֹלְדֹתof Terah.תֶּרַחTerahתֶּרַחfatheredהוֹלִידAbram,אֶת אַבְרָםNahor,אֶת נָחוֹרand Haran;וְאֶת הָרָןand HaranוְהָרָןfatheredהוֹלִידLot.אֶת לוֹט
Haranהָרָןdiedוַיָּמָתin the presenceעַל פְּנֵיof Terahתֶּרַחhis fatherאָבִיוin the landבְּאֶרֶץof his birth,מוֹלַדְתּוֹin Urבְּאוּרof the Chaldeans.כַּשְׂדִּים
Abramאַבְרָםand Nahorוְנָחוֹרtookוַיִּקַּחwivesנָשִׁיםfor themselves.לָהֶםThe nameשֵׁםof Abram’sאַבְרָםwifeאֵשֶׁתwas Sarai,שָׂרָיand the nameוְשֵׁםof Nahor’sנָחוֹרwifeאֵשֶׁתwas Milcah,מִלְכָּהthe daughterבַּתof Haran,הָרָןthe fatherאֲבִיof Milcahמִלְכָּהand the fatherוַאֲבִיof Iscah.יִסְכָּה
Saraiשָׂרַיwasוַתְּהִיbarren;עֲקָרָהshe had noאֵין לָהּchild.וָלָד
TerahתֶּרַחtookוַיִּקַּחAbramאֶת אַבְרָםhis son,בְּנוֹLotוְאֶת לוֹטsonבֶּןof Haran,הָרָןhis grandson,בֶּן בְּנוֹand Saraiוְאֵת שָׂרַיhis daughter-in-law,כַּלָּתוֹthe wifeאֵשֶׁתof Abramאַבְרָםhis son,בְּנוֹand they went outוַיֵּצְאוּwith themאִתָּםfrom Urמֵאוּרof the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםto goלָלֶכֶתto the landאַרְצָהof Canaan;כְּנַעַןand they cameוַיָּבֹאוּas far asעַדHaranחָרָןand settledוַיֵּשְׁבוּthere.שָׁם
The daysיְמֵיof Terahתֶרַחwereוַיִּהְיוּtwo hundredמָאתַיִםandוּfiveחָמֵשׁyears,שָׁנִים שָׁנָהandוַTerahתֶּרַחdiedיָּמָתin Haran.בְּחָרָן