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.
바벨탑
1처음에 온 세상은 하나의 동일한 언어를 사용하였다.
2그런데 사람들이 동쪽으로 이동하다가 11:2 히 ‘시날’바빌로니아에 있는 한 평야에 이르러 거기에 정착하게 되었다.
3그들은 “자, 벽돌을 만들어 단단하게 굽자” 하고 서로 말하며 돌 대신 벽돌을 사용하고 진흙 대신 역청을 사용하였다.
4그들은 또 “자, 성을 건축하고 하늘에 닿을 탑을 쌓아 우리 이름을 떨치고 우리가 사방 흩어지지 않도록 하자!” 하고 외쳤다.
5그러나 여호와께서는 사람들이 쌓는 성과 탑을 보시려고 내려오셔서
6이렇게 말씀하셨다. “저들은 한 민족이며 하나의 동일한 언어를 사용하고 있다. 그래서 저들이 이런 일을 시작하였으니 앞으로 마음만 먹으면 해내지 못할 일이 없을 것이다.
7자, 우리가 가서 저들의 언어를 혼잡하게 하여 서로 알아듣지 못하게 하자.”
8여호와께서 그들을 온 세상에 흩어 버리시므로 그들은 성 쌓던 일을 중단하였다.
9여호와께서 거기서 온 세상의 언어를 혼잡하게 하시고 그들을 사방으로 흩어 버리셨기 때문에 그 곳을 11:9 또는 ‘바빌론’‘바벨’ 이라고 부르게 되었다.
셈에서 아브람까지
10이것은 셈의 후손들에 대한 이야기이다: 셈은 홍수 2년 후인 100세에 아르박삿을 낳았고
11그 후에도 500년을 더 살며 자녀를 낳았다.
12아르박삿은 35세에 셀라를 낳았고
13그 후에도 403년을 더 살며 자녀를 낳았다.
14셀라는 30세에 에벨을 낳았고
15그 후에도 403년을 더 살며 자녀를 낳았다.
16에벨은 34세에 벨렉을 낳았고
17그 후에도 430년을 더 살며 자녀를 낳았다.
18벨렉은 30세에 르우를 낳았고
19그 후에도 209년을 더 살며 자녀를 낳았다.
20르우는 32세에 스룩을 낳았고
21그 후에도 207년을 더 살며 자녀를 낳았다.
22스룩은 30세에 나홀을 낳았고
23그 후에도 200년을 더 살며 자녀를 낳았다.
24나홀은 29세에 데라를 낳았고
25그 후에도 119년을 더 살며 자녀를 낳았다.
26그리고 데라는 70세가 지난 후에 아브람과 나홀과 하란을 낳았다.
데라의 후손들
27데라의 후손은 이렇다: 데라는 아브람과 나홀과 하란을 낳았으며 하란은 롯을 낳았다.
28그러나 하란은 자기 아버지 데라가 아직 살아 있을 때에 그의 출생지인 11:28 또는 ‘바빌로니아’갈대아 우르에서 죽었다.
29그리고 아브람은 사래와 결혼하였으며 나홀은 하란의 딸인 밀가와 결혼하였는데 하란은 이스가의 아버지이기도 하였다.
30그러나 사래는 아이를 낳지 못해 자식이 없었다.
31데라는 그의 아들 아브람과, 하란의 아들이며 그의 손자인 롯과, 그의 며느리이자 아브람의 아내인 사래를 데리고 가나안 땅으로 가고자 갈대아 우르를 떠났으나 그들은 하란에 이르러 정착하고 말았다.
32그리고 데라는 205세에 그 곳 하란에서 죽었다.
