巴别塔
1那时，天下人都用同一种语言，讲同一种话。 2人们向东迁移时，在示拿地区找到一处平原，定居下来。 3他们彼此商量说：“来呀，我们烧些砖吧。”他们用砖作石块，用柏油作水泥来造塔， 4说：“来吧，让我们造一座城和一座高耸入云的塔，这样我们可以扬名天下，不致分散在地上。” 5耶和华从天上下来，要察看人建造的城和塔。 6耶和华说：“看啊，他们同属一个民族，都用同一种语言，现在就做这样的事，如果继续下去，他们会为所欲为。 7让我们下去变乱他们的语言，使他们彼此言语不通。” 8于是，耶和华把他们从那里分散到世界各地，他们便不再建造那城了。 9因此，人称那城为巴别，因为耶和华在那里变乱了人类的语言，把他们分散到世界各地。
闪的后代
10以下是闪的后代。
洪水过后两年，闪一百岁生亚法撒， 11之后又活了五百年，生儿育女。
12亚法撒三十五岁生沙拉， 13之后又活了四百零三年，生儿育女。
14沙拉三十岁生希伯， 15之后又活了四百零三年，生儿育女。
16希伯三十四岁生法勒， 17之后又活了四百三十年，生儿育女。
18法勒三十岁生拉吴， 19之后又活了二百零九年，生儿育女。
20拉吴三十二岁生西鹿， 21之后又活了二百零七年，生儿育女。
22西鹿三十岁生拿鹤， 23之后又活了二百年，生儿育女。
24拿鹤二十九岁生他拉， 25之后又活了一百一十九年，生儿育女。
26他拉七十岁后，生了亚伯兰、拿鹤和哈兰。
他拉的后代
27以下是他拉的后代。
他拉生亚伯兰、拿鹤和哈兰，哈兰生罗得。 28哈兰比他父亲他拉先去世，他死在自己的家乡——迦勒底的吾珥。 29亚伯兰和拿鹤都娶了妻子，亚伯兰的妻子名叫撒莱，拿鹤的妻子名叫密迦，是哈兰的女儿。哈兰是密迦和亦迦的父亲。 30撒莱不能生育，没有孩子。
31他拉带着儿子亚伯兰、孙子——哈兰的儿子罗得、儿媳妇——亚伯兰的妻子撒莱，离开迦勒底的吾珥前往迦南，他们来到哈兰定居下来。 32他拉在那里去世，享年二百零五岁11:32 “二百零五岁”有古卷作“一百四十五岁”。。
The Tower of Babel
1The whole world had only one language, and everyone spoke it. 2They moved to the east and found a broad valley in Babylon. There they made their home.
3They said to one another, “Come on! Let’s make bricks and bake them well.” They used bricks instead of stones. They used tar to hold the bricks together. 4Then they said, “Come on! Let’s build a city for ourselves. Let’s build a tower that reaches to the sky. We’ll make a name for ourselves. Then we won’t be scattered over the whole earth.”
5But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6He said, “All these people are united and speak the same language. That is why they can do all this. Now they will be able to do anything they plan. 7Come on! Let us go down and mix up their language. Then they will not be able to understand one another.”
8So the Lord scattered them from there over the whole earth. And they stopped building the city. 9There the Lord mixed up the language of the whole world. That’s why the city was called Babel. From there the Lord scattered them over the whole earth.
The Family Line of Shem
10Here is the story of Shem’s family line.
It was two years after the flood. When Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad. 11After Arphaxad was born, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
12When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah. 13After Shelah was born, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
14When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. 15After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
16When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. 17After Peleg was born, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
18When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. 19After Reu was born, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
20When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. 21After Serug was born, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
22When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. 23After Nahor was born, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
24When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. 25After Terah was born, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
26After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.
The Family Line of Abram
27Here is the story of Terah’s family line.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. 28Haran died in the city of Ur in Babylonia, the land where he was born. Haran died while his father Terah was still alive. 29Abram and Nahor both got married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai. The name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah, the daughter of Haran. Haran was the father of Milkah and Iscah. 30But Sarai wasn’t able to have children.
31Terah left Ur in Babylon. He took with him his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran. Terah also took his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram. All of them left together to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they made their home there.
32Terah lived for 205 years. And then he died in Harran.
