The Tower of Babylon
1 At first, the people of the whole world had only one language and used the same words. 2 As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Babylonia and settled there. 3 They said to one another, “Come on! Let's make bricks and bake them hard.” So they had bricks to build with and tar to hold them together. 4 They said, “Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth.”
5 Then the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which they had built, 6 and he said, “Now then, these are all one people and they speak one language; this is just the beginning of what they are going to do. Soon they will be able to do anything they want! 7 Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand each other.” 8 So the Lord scattered them all over the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 The city was called Babylon, because there the Lord mixed up the language of all the people, and from there he scattered them all over the earth.
The Descendants of Shem
(1 Chronicles 1.24-27)10 These are the descendants of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he had a son, Arpachshad. 11 After that, he lived another 500 years and had other children.
12 When Arpachshad was 35 years old, he had a son, Shelah; 13 after that, he lived another 403 years and had other children.
14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he had a son, Eber; 15 after that, he lived another 403 years and had other children.
16 When Eber was 34 years old, he had a son, Peleg; 17 after that, he lived another 430 years and had other children.
18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he had a son, Reu; 19 after that, he lived another 209 years and had other children.
20 When Reu was 32 years old, he had a son, Serug; 21 after that, he lived another 207 years and had other children.
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he had a son, Nahor; 23 after that, he lived another 200 years and had other children.
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he had a son, Terah; 25 after that, he lived another 119 years and had other children.
26 After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
The Descendants of Terah
27 These are the descendants of Terah, who was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot, 28 and Haran died in his hometown of Ur in Babylonia, while his father was still living. 29 Abram married Sarai, and Nahor married Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah. 30 Sarai was not able to have children.
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, who was the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, Abram's wife, and with them he left the city of Ur in Babylonia to go to the land of Canaan. They went as far as Haran and settled there. 32 Terah died there at the age of 205.
1 Visai pasaulei toreiz bija viena mēle un vienāda valoda. 2 Un, kad nu tie savas teltis pārcēla austrumu virzienā, tad tie atrada līdzenumu Sineāras zemē un tur apmetās, 3 un teica cits citam: "Iesim un taisīsim ķieģeļus un dedzināt tos dedzināsim," - jo ķieģeļi tiem noderēja akmeņu vietā un zemes piķis kaļķu vietā. 4 Un tie teica: "Celsim sev pilsētu ar torni, kura virsotne sniedzas debesīs! Ar to mēs sev sagādāsim vārdu un netiksim izkaisīti pa visu zemi." 5 Un Tas Kungs nonāca, lai apraudzītu pilsētu un torni, ko cilvēku bērni cēla. 6 Un Tas Kungs sacīja: "Lūk, tā ir viena tauta, un tiem visiem ir viena valoda. Tas ir tikai sākums viņu rīcībai, un turpmāk nekas, ko tie nodomājuši, vairs nebūs tiem neiespējams. 7 Iesim, nolaidīsimies un sajauksim viņu valodu, ka tie vairs nesaprot cits cita valodu." 8 Un Tas Kungs tos izklīdināja no tās vietas pa visu zemes virsu, un viņi mitējās celt pilsētu. 9 Tāpēc tās vietas vārds tika nosaukts: Bābele , jo tur Tas Kungs sajauca visas zemes valodas, un no turienes Viņš tos izklīdināja pa visu zemes virsu. 10 Šie ir Šema ciltsraksti: Šems bija simts gadu vecs, kad viņš dzemdināja Arpahsadu - divi gadus pēc plūdiem. 11 Un Šems pēc Arpahsada dzemdināšanas nodzīvoja vēl pieci simti gadus un dzemdināja dēlus un meitas. 12 Un Arpahsads bija trīsdesmit piecus gadus vecs, kad tas dzemdināja Šelahu. 13 Un Arpahsads pēc Šelaha dzemdināšanas nodzīvoja vēl četri simti trīs gadus un dzemdināja dēlus un meitas. 14 Un Šelahs bija trīsdesmit gadus vecs, kad tas dzemdināja Ēberu. 15 Un Šelahs pēc Ēbera dzemdināšanas nodzīvoja vēl četri simti trīs gadus un dzemdināja dēlus un meitas. 16 Un Ēbers bija trīsdesmit četrus gadus vecs, kad tas dzemdināja Pelegu. 17 Un Ēbers pēc Pelega dzemdināšanas nodzīvoja vēl četri simti trīsdesmit gadus un dzemdināja dēlus un meitas. 18 Un Pelegam bija trīsdesmit gadi, kad tas dzemdināja Reu. 19 Un Pelegs pēc Reus dzemdināšanas nodzīvoja vēl divi simti deviņus gadus un dzemdināja dēlus un meitas. 20 Un Reus bija trīsdesmit divus gadus vecs, kad tas dzemdināja Serugu. 21 Un Reus pēc Seruga dzemdināšanas nodzīvoja vēl divi simti septiņus gadus un dzemdināja dēlus un meitas. 22 Un Serugs bija trīsdesmit gadus vecs, kad tas dzemdināja Nahoru. 23 Un Serugs pēc Nahora dzemdināšanas dzīvoja vēl divi simti gadu un dzemdināja dēlus un meitas. 24 Un Nahors bija divdesmit deviņus gadus vecs, kad tas dzemdināja Teru. 25 Un Nahors pēc Teras dzemdināšanas nodzīvoja vēl simts deviņpadsmit gadus un dzemdināja dēlus un meitas. 26 Un Tera bija septiņdesmit gadus vecs, kad tas dzemdināja Ābrāmu, Nahoru un Hāranu. 27 Un šie ir Teras ciltsraksti: Tera dzemdināja Ābrāmu, Nahoru un Hāranu, bet Hārans dzemdināja Latu. 28 Hārans nomira pirms Teras, sava tēva, savā dzimtajā zemē, kaldeju Ūrā. 29 Un Ābrāms un Nahors ņēma sev sievas. Ābrāma sievas vārds ir Sāraja, bet Nahora sievas vārds ir Milka, Hārana meita. Viņš bija Milkas un Iskas tēvs. 30 Bet Sāraja bija neauglīga, tai nebija bērnu. 31 Un Tera ņēma savu dēlu Ābrāmu un dēladēlu Latu, Hārana dēlu, un savu vedeklu Sāraju, Ābrāma, sava dēla, sievu, un lika tiem iziet no kaldeju Ūras un iet uz Kānaāna zemi. Un tie nonāca līdz Hāranai un apmetās tur. 32 Un viss Teras mūžs bija divi simti pieci gadi, un viņš nomira Hāranā.
