The Tower of Babel
1Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2As people moved eastward,11:2 Or from the east; or in the east they found a plain in Shinar11:2 That is, Babylonia and settled there.
3They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
5But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
8So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9That is why it was called Babel11:9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
From Shem to Abram
10This is the account of Shem’s family line.
Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father11:10 Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 11-25. of Arphaxad. 11And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
12When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah. 13And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.11:13 Hebrew; Septuagint (see also Luke 3:35,36 and note at Gen. 10:24) 35 years, he became the father of Cainan. 13 And after he became the father of Cainan, Arphaxad lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters, and then he died. When Cainan had lived 130 years, he became the father of Shelah. And after he became the father of Shelah, Cainan lived 330 years and had other sons and daughters
14When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. 15And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
16When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. 17And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
18When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. 19And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
20When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. 21And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
22When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. 23And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
24When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. 25And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
26After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.
Abram’s Family
27This is the account of Terah’s family line.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. 28While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. 29Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah. 30Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.
31Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.
32Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.
A Torre de Babel
1No mundo todo havia apenas uma língua, um só modo de falar.
2Saindo os homens do11.2 Ou para o Oriente Oriente, encontraram uma planície em Sinear e ali se fixaram.
3Disseram uns aos outros: “Vamos fazer tijolos e queimá-los bem”. Usavam tijolos em lugar de pedras, e piche em vez de argamassa. 4Depois disseram: “Vamos construir uma cidade, com uma torre que alcance os céus. Assim nosso nome será famoso e não seremos espalhados pela face da terra”.
5O Senhor desceu para ver a cidade e a torre que os homens estavam construindo. 6E disse o Senhor: “Eles são um só povo e falam uma só língua, e começaram a construir isso. Em breve nada poderá impedir o que planejam fazer. 7Venham, desçamos e confundamos a língua que falam, para que não entendam mais uns aos outros”.
8Assim o Senhor os dispersou dali por toda a terra, e pararam de construir a cidade. 9Por isso foi chamada Babel11.9 Isto é, Babilônia., porque ali o Senhor confundiu a língua de todo o mundo. Dali o Senhor os espalhou por toda a terra.
A Descendência de Sem
10Este é o registro da descendência de Sem:
Dois anos depois do Dilúvio, aos 100 anos de idade, Sem gerou11.10 Gerar pode ter o sentido de ser ancestral ou predecessor; também nos versículos 11-25. Arfaxade. 11E depois de ter gerado Arfaxade, Sem viveu 500 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
12Aos 35 anos, Arfaxade gerou Salá. 13Depois que gerou Salá, Arfaxade viveu 403 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.11.12,13 A Septuaginta diz Aos 35 anos, Arfaxade gerou Cainã. 13 Depois que gerou Cainã, Arfaxade viveu 430 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas, e então morreu. Aos 130 anos, Cainã gerou Salá. Depois que gerou Salá, Cainã viveu 330 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas. Veja Gn 10.24 e Lc 3.35,36.
14Aos 30 anos, Salá gerou Héber. 15Depois que gerou Héber, Salá viveu 403 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
16Aos 34 anos, Héber gerou Pelegue. 17Depois que gerou Pelegue, Héber viveu 430 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
18Aos 30 anos, Pelegue gerou Reú. 19Depois que gerou Reú, Pelegue viveu 209 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
20Aos 32 anos, Reú gerou Serugue. 21Depois que gerou Serugue, Reú viveu 207 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
22Aos 30 anos, Serugue gerou Naor. 23Depois que gerou Naor, Serugue viveu 200 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
24Aos 29 anos, Naor gerou Terá. 25Depois que gerou Terá, Naor viveu 119 anos e gerou outros filhos e filhas.
26Aos 70 anos, Terá havia gerado Abrão, Naor e Harã.
27Esta é a história da família de Terá:
Terá gerou Abrão, Naor e Harã. E Harã gerou Ló. 28Harã morreu em Ur dos caldeus, sua terra natal, quando ainda vivia Terá, seu pai. 29Tanto Abrão como Naor casaram-se. O nome da mulher de Abrão era Sarai, e o nome da mulher de Naor era Milca; esta era filha de Harã, pai de Milca e de Iscá. 30Ora, Sarai era estéril; não tinha filhos.
31Terá tomou seu filho Abrão, seu neto Ló, filho de Harã, e sua nora Sarai, mulher de seu filho Abrão, e juntos partiram de Ur dos caldeus para Canaã. Mas, ao chegarem a Harã, estabeleceram-se ali.
32Terá viveu 205 anos e morreu em Harã.
