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.
A torre de Babel
1Naquele tempo toda a humanidade falava uma só língua. 2Deslocando-se e espalhando-se em direção ao oriente, os homens descobriram uma planície na terra de Sinar e depressa a povoaram. 3E começaram a falar em construir uma grande cidade, para o que fizeram tijolos de terra bem cozida, para servir de pedra de construção e usaram alcatrão em vez de argamassa. 4Depois eles disseram: “Vamos construir uma cidade com uma torre altíssima, que chegue até aos céus; dessa forma, o nosso nome será honrado por todos e jamais seremos dispersos pela face da Terra!”
5O Senhor desceu para ver a cidade e a torre que estavam a levantar. 6“Vejamos se isto é o que eles já são capazes de fazer; sendo um só povo, com uma só língua, não haverá limites para tudo o que ousarem fazer. 7Vamos descer e fazer com que a língua deles comece a diferenciar-se, de forma que uns não entendam os outros.”
8E foi dessa forma que o Senhor os espalhou sobre toda a face da Terra, tendo cessado a construção daquela cidade. 9Por isso, ficou a chamar-se Babel,11.9 Isto é, confundir. porque foi ali que o Senhor confundiu a língua dos homens e espalhou-os por toda a Terra.
Desde Sem a Abrão
(1 Cr 1.24-27)
10A linha de descendentes de Sem incluía Arfaxade, nascido dois anos após o dilúvio, quando Sem tinha 100 anos de idade. 11E depois ainda viveu mais 500 anos e teve muitos filhos e filhas.
12Arfaxade tinha 35 anos, quando lhe nasceu Sala. 13Viveu ainda 403 anos e teve muitos filhos e filhas.
14Sala tinha 30 anos, quando Eber nasceu. 15E viveu depois 403 anos, tendo tido muitos filhos e filhas.
16Aos 34 anos Eber teve Pelegue. 17Viveu mais 430 anos com muitos filhos e filhas.
18Pelegue contava 30 anos, ao nascer-lhe Reu. 19Viveu ainda 209 anos com muitos filhos e filhas.
20Reu, aos 32 anos, teve Serugue. 21Viveu depois disso 207 anos, tendo tido muitos filhos e filhas.
22Serugue, quando contava 30 anos, teve Naor. 23Viveu, com muitos filhos e filhas, 200 anos depois disso.
24Com 29 anos Naor foi pai de Tera. 25Depois viveu ainda 119 anos, tendo tido muitos filhos e filhas.
26Tera, aos 70 anos, tinha três filhos: Abrão, Naor e Harã.
27Esta é a lista de descendentes de Tera.
Tera foi pai de Abrão, Naor e Harã. Harã tinha, por sua vez, um filho chamado Lot. 28Harã morreu ainda novo, na terra onde tinha nascido, em Ur da Caldeia, e o seu pai Tera ainda era vivo. 29Entretanto, Abrão casou com Sarai, enquanto Naor casou-se com Milca, que era filha de Harã e irmã de Isca. 30Mas Sarai era estéril, não tinha filhos.
31Então Tera pegou em Abrão, seu filho, e em Lot, seu neto, mais a sua nora Sarai e deixou Ur da Caldeia, para ir para a terra de Canaã. Contudo, ficaram-se pela cidade de Harã e estabeleceram-se ali, 32até que Tera morreu aos 205 anos.