1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
10 ¶ These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: 17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: 21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: 25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 ¶ Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
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, viena valoda tiem visiem. 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 tiek saukts 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 Arpachsadu—divi gadus pēc plūdiem.
11 Bet pēc Arpachsada dzemdināšanas Šems nodzīvoja vēl pieci simti gadus un dzemdināja dēlus un meitas.
12 Kad Arpachsads bija trīsdesmit piecus gadus vecs, tas dzemdināja Šelachu.
13 Un Arpachsads pēc Šelacha dzemdināšanas nodzīvoja vēl četri simti trīs gadus un dzemdināja dēlus un meitas.
14 Bet Šelachs bija trīsdesmit gadus vecs, kad tas dzemdināja Eberu.
15 Un Šelachs 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 Bet 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 Bet 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 Bet 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 Bet Tera bija septiņdesmit gadus vecs, kad tas dzemdināja Ābramu, Nahoru un Chāranu.
27 Un šie ir Teras ciltsraksti: Tera dzemdināja Ābrāmu, Nahoru un Chāranu, bet Chārans dzemdināja Latu.
28 Chārans nomira pirms sava tēva Teras Kaldejā, Ura pilsētā, savas cilts novadā.
29 Un Ābrāms un Nahors ņēma sev sievas. Ābrāma sievas vārds ir Sāra, bet Nahora sievas vārds ir Milka, Chārana meita. Viņš bija Milkas un Iskas tēvs.
30 Bet Sāra bija neauglīga, tai nebija bērnu.
31 Un Tera ņēma savu dēlu Abrāmu un dēla dēlu Latu, Chārana dēlu, un savu vedeklu Sāru, Abrāma, sava dēla, sievu, un lika tiem iziet no Kaldeju Ūras un iet uz Kānaāna zemi. Un tie nonāca līdz Chāranai un apmetās tur.
32 Un Teras mūža laiks bija divi simti pieci gadi, un viņš nomira Chāranā.
