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| | New English Bible | Genesis:11 | Biblia Hebraica (Stuttgartensia) | BHS (pdf - 3.5mb) |
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ONCE UPON A TIME all the world spoke a single language and used the same words. | The Tower of Babel. Gn.11.1-9 | וַיְהִי כָל־הָאָרֶץ שָׂפָה אֶחָת וּדְבָרִים אֲחָדִים׃ |
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As men journeyed in the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. | | וַיְהִי בְּנָסְעָם מִקֶּדֶם וַיִּמְצְאוּ בִקְעָה בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָר וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם׃ |
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They said to one another, 'Come, let us make bricks and bake them hard'; they used bricks for stone and bitumen for mortar. | | וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ הָבָה נִלְבְּנָה לְבֵנִים וְנִשְׂרְפָה לִשְׂרֵפָה וַתְּהִי לָהֶם הַלְּבֵנָה לְאָבֶן וְהַחֵמָר הָיָה לָהֶם לַחֹמֶר׃ |
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'Come,' they said, 'let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves ; or we shall be dispersed all over the earth.' | | וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָבָה נִבְנֶה־לָּנוּ עִיר וּמִגְדָּל וְרֹאשֹׁו בַשָּׁמַיִם וְנַעֲשֶׂה־לָּנוּ שֵׁם פֶּן־נָפוּץ עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ׃ |
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Then the LORD came down to see the city and tower which mortal men had built, | | וַיֵּרֶד יְהוָה לִרְאֹת אֶת־הָעִיר וְאֶת־הַמִּגְדָּל אֲשֶׁר בָּנוּ בְּנֵי הָאָדָם׃ |
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and he said, 'Here they are, one people with a single language, and now they have started to do this; henceforward nothing they have a mind to do will be beyond their reach. | | וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה הֵן עַם אֶחָד וְשָׂפָה אַחַת לְכֻלָּם וְזֶה הַחִלָּם לַעֲשֹׂות וְעַתָּה לֹא־יִבָּצֵר מֵהֶם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יָזְמוּ לַעֲשֹׂות׃ |
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Come, let us go down there and confuse their speech, so that they will not understand what they say to one another.' | | הָבָה נֵרְדָה וְנָבְלָה שָׁם שְׂפָתָם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ אִישׁ שְׂפַת רֵעֵהוּ׃ |
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So the LORD dispersed them from there all over the earth, and they left off building the city. | | וַיָּפֶץ יְהוָה אֹתָם מִשָּׁם עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ וַיַּחְדְּלוּ לִבְנֹת הָעִיר׃ |
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That is why it is called Babel , because the LORD there made a babble Of the language of all the world; from that place the LORD scattered men all Over the face of the earth. | | עַל־כֵּן קָרָא שְׁמָהּ בָּבֶל כִּי־שָׁם בָּלַל יְהוָה שְׂפַת כָּל־הָאָרֶץ וּמִשָּׁם הֱפִיצָם יְהוָה עַל־פְּנֵי כָּל־הָאָרֶץ׃ ף |
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This is the table of the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years after the ?ood. | Generations - Shem. Gn.11.10-26 | 1Chr.1.24-27 | אֵלֶּה תֹּולְדֹת שֵׁם שֵׁם בֶּן־מְאַת שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁד שְׁנָתַיִם אַחַר הַמַּבּוּל׃ |
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After the birth of Arphaxad he lived five hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. | | וַיְחִי־שֵׁם אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁד חֲמֵשׁ מֵאֹות שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ ס |
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Arphaxad was thirty-five years old when he begot Shelah. | | וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד חַי חָמֵשׁ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־שָׁלַח׃ |
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After the birth of Shelah he lived four hundred and three years, and had other sons and daughters. | | וַיְחִי אַרְפַּכְשַׁד אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־שֶׁלַח שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וְאַרְבַּע מֵאֹות שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ ס |
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Shelah was thirty years old when he begot Eber. | | וְשֶׁלַח חַי שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־עֵבֶר׃ |
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After the birth of Eber he lived four hundred and three years, and had other sons and daughters. | | וַיְחִי־שֶׁלַח אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־עֵבֶר שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וְאַרְבַּע מֵאֹות שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ ס |
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Eber was thirty-four years old when he begot Peleg. | | וַיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַרְבַּע וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־פָּלֶג׃ |
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After the birth of Peleg he lived four hundred and thirty years, and had other sons and daughters. | | וַיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־פֶּלֶג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאֹות שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ ס |
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Peleg was thirty years old when he begot Reu. | | וַיְחִי־פֶלֶג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־רְעוּ׃ |
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After the birth of Reu he lived two hundred and nine years, and had other sons and daughters. | | וַיְחִי־פֶלֶג אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־רְעוּ תֵּשַׁע שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ ס |
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Reu was thirty-two years old when he begot Serug. | | וַיְחִי רְעוּ שְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־שְׂרוּג׃ |
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After the birth of Serug he lived two hundred and seven years, and had other sons and daughters. | | וַיְחִי רְעוּ אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־שְׂרוּג שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ ס |
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Serug was thirty years old when he begot Nahor. | | וַיְחִי שְׂרוּג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־נָחֹור׃ |
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After the birth of Nahor he lived two hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. | | וַיְחִי שְׂרוּג אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־נָחֹור מָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ ס |
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Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he begot Terah. | | וַיְחִי נָחֹור תֵּשַׁע וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־תָּרַח׃ |
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After the birth of Terah he lived a hundred and nineteen years, and had other sons and daughters. | | וַיְחִי נָחֹור אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־תֶּרַח תְּשַׁע־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ ס |
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Terah was seventy years old when he begot Abram, Nahor and Haran. | | וַיְחִי־תֶרַח שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־אַבְרָם אֶת־נָחֹור וְאֶת־הָרָן׃ |
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This is the table of the descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot. | Generation - Terah. Gn.11.27-32 | וְאֵלֶּה תֹּולְדֹת תֶּרַח תֶּרַח הֹולִיד אֶת־אַבְרָם אֶת־נָחֹור וְאֶת־הָרָן וְהָרָן הֹולִיד אֶת־לֹוט׃ |
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Haran died in the presence of his father in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees. | | וַיָּמָת הָרָן עַל־פְּנֵי תֶּרַח אָבִיו בְּאֶרֶץ מֹולַדְתֹּו בְּאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים׃ |
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Abram and Nahor married wives; Abram's wife was called Sarai, and Nahor's Milcah. She was Haran's daughter; and he was also the father of Milcah and of Iscah. | | וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָם וְנָחֹור לָהֶם נָשִׁים שֵׁם אֵשֶׁת־אַבְרָם שָׂרָי וְשֵׁם אֵשֶׁת־נָחֹור מִלְכָּה בַּת־הָרָן אֲבִי־מִלְכָּה וַאֲבִי יִסְכָּה׃ |
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Sarai was barren; she had no child. | | וַתְּהִי שָׂרַי עֲקָרָה אֵין לָהּ וָלָד׃ |
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Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai Abram's wife, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldees for the land of Canaan. But when they reached Harran, they settled there. | | וַיִּקַּח תֶּרַח אֶת־אַבְרָם בְּנֹו וְאֶת־לֹוט בֶּן־הָרָן בֶּן־בְּנֹו וְאֵת שָׂרַי כַּלָּתֹו אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם בְּנֹו וַיֵּצְאוּ אִתָּם מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים לָלֶכֶת אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד־חָרָן וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם׃ |
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Terah was two hundred and five years old when he died in Harran. | | וַיִּהְיוּ יְמֵי־תֶרַח חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיָּמָת תֶּרַח בְּחָרָן׃ ס |
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