Genesis 11
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
World English Bible
1And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.
1The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.
2As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
3And each one said to his neighbour: Come, let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar.
3They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
4And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.
4They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.
5The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
6And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.
6The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
7Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
7Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
8And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.
8So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
9And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.
9Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
10These are the generations of Sem: Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
10This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
11And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
11Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
12And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Sale.
12Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.
13And Arphaxad lived after he begot Sale, three hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
13Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
14Sale also lived thirty years, and begot Heber.
14Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
15And Sale lived after he begot Heber, four hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
15Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
16And Heber lived thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg.
16Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
17And Heber lived after he begot Phaleg, four hundred and thirty years: and begot sons and daughters.
17Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
18Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
18Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
19And Phaleg lived after he begot Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
19Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
20And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Sarug.
20Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
21And Reu lived after he begot Sarug, two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
21Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
22And Sarug lived thirty years, and begot Nachor.
22Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
23And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor, two hundred years: and begot sons and daughters.
23Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
24And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Thare.
24Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
25And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a hundred and nineteen years: and begot sons and daughters.
25Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
26And Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
26Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And Aran begot Lot.
27Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
28And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.
28Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
29And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor’s wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Melcha, and father of Jescha.
29Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.
30And Sarai was barren, and had no children.
30Sarai was barren. She had no child.
31And Thare took Abram, his son, and Lot the son of Aran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan: and they came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.
31Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
32And the days of Thare were two hundred and five years, and he died in Haran.
32The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
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