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 bitumen 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.11:12,13 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.
Ang Tore ng Babel
1Noon, isang wika lang ang ginagamit ng lahat ng tao sa buong mundo. 2Habang lumilipat ng tirahan ang mga tao patungo sa silangan, nakarating sila sa isang patag na lugar sa Shinar, at doon sila nanirahan.
3-4Ngayon, sinabi ng mga tao, “Magtayo tayo ng isang lungsod na may tore na aabot sa langit, para maging tanyag tayo at hindi mangalat sa buong mundo.” Kaya gumawa sila ng mga tisa,11:3-4 tisa: sa Ingles, “brick.” at pinainitan nila ito nang mabuti para tumigas nang husto. Tisa ang ginamit nila sa halip na bato. At aspalto ang ginamit nila bilang semento.
5Ngayon, bumaba ang Panginoon para tingnan ang pagtatayo ng mga tao ng lungsod at tore. 6Sinabi ng Panginoon, “Ang mga taong ito ay nagkakaisa at may isang wika lang. At ang ginagawa nilang ito ay simula pa lamang ng mga binabalak pa nilang gawin. Hindi magtatagal, gagawin nila ang kahit anong gusto nilang gawin. 7Kaya bumaba tayo. Pag-iba-ibahin natin ang wika nila para hindi sila magkaintindihan.”
8Kaya pinangalat sila ng Panginoon sa buong mundo dahil hindi na sila magkaintindihan, at nahinto ang pagtatayo nila ng lungsod. 9Ang lungsod na ito ay tinawag na Babel11:9 Babel: o, Babilonia. Maaaring ang ibig sabihin, “ibaʼt iba.” dahil doon pinag-iba-iba ng Panginoon ang wika ng mga tao, at mula roon ay pinangalat niya sila sa buong mundo.
Ang mga Lahi ni Shem
(1 Cro. 1:24-27)
10Ito ang salaysay tungkol sa pamilya ni Shem:
Dalawang taon pagkatapos ng baha, nasa 100 taong gulang na noon si Shem, nang isilang ang anak niyang lalaki na si Arfaxad. 11Matapos isilang si Arfaxad, nabuhay pa si Shem ng 500 taon at nadagdagan pa ang mga anak niya.
12Nang 35 taong gulang na si Arfaxad, isinilang ang anak niyang lalaki na si Shela. 13Matapos isilang si Shela, nabuhay pa si Arfaxad ng 403 taon at nadagdagan pa ang mga anak niya.
14Nang 30 taong gulang na si Shela, isinilang ang anak niyang lalaki na si Eber. 15Matapos isilang si Eber, nabuhay pa si Shela ng 403 taon at nadagdagan pa ang mga anak niya.
16Nang 34 taong gulang na si Eber, isinilang ang anak niyang lalaki na si Peleg. 17Matapos isilang si Peleg, nabuhay pa si Eber ng 430 taon at nadagdagan pa ang mga anak niya.
18Nang 30 taong gulang na si Peleg, isinilang ang anak niyang lalaki na si Reu. 19Matapos isilang si Reu, nabuhay pa si Peleg ng 209 na taon at nadagdagan pa ang mga anak niya.
20Nang 32 taong gulang na si Reu, isinilang ang anak niyang lalaki na si Serug. 21Matapos isilang si Serug, nabuhay pa si Reu ng 207 taon at nadagdagan pa ang mga anak niya.
22Nang 30 taong gulang na si Serug, isinilang ang anak niyang lalaki na si Nahor. 23Matapos isilang si Nahor, nabuhay pa si Serug ng 200 taon at nadagdagan pa ang mga anak niya.
24Nang 29 taong gulang na si Nahor, isinilang ang anak niyang lalaki na si Tera. 25Matapos isilang si Tera, nabuhay pa si Nahor ng 119 na taon at nadagdagan pa ang mga anak niya.
26Nang 70 taong gulang na si Tera, isinilang ang mga anak niyang lalaki na sina Abram, Nahor at Haran.
Ang mga Lahi ni Tera
27Ito ang salaysay tungkol sa pamilya ni Tera:
Si Tera ang ama nina Abram, Nahor at Haran. Si Haran ang ama ni Lot. 28Namatay si Haran doon sa Ur na sakop ng mga Caldeo,11:28 Caldeo: Mga taong nakatira noon sa timog ng Babilonia. Nang bandang huli, naging Caldeo ang tawag sa mga taga-Babilonia. sa lugar mismo kung saan isinilang siya. Namatay siya habang buhay pa ang ama niyang si Tera. 29Naging asawa ni Abram si Sarai, at si Nahor ay naging asawa ni Milca. Ang ama ni Milca at ng kapatid niyang si Isca ay si Haran. 30Si Sarai ay hindi magkaanak dahil siyaʼy baog.
31Umalis si Tera sa Ur na sakop ng mga Caldeo. Kasama niya ang anak niyang si Abram, ang kanyang manugang na si Sarai, at ang apo niyang si Lot na anak ni Haran. Papunta sana sila sa Canaan, pero pagdating nila sa Haran doon na lamang sila tumira. 32Doon namatay si Tera sa edad na 205.11:32 205: sa tekstong Samaritan, 145.
