Genesis 11
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Petrus Canisius Bible, 1939 (De Heilige Schrift)
1The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
1Nog sprak heel de aarde eenzelfde taal en dezelfde woorden.
2As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
2Toen men uit het oosten was opgetrokken, en een vlakte in het land Sjinar had gevonden, bleef men daar wonen.
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.
3Nu zeiden ze tot elkander: Komt, laten we stenen maken, en ze hard bakken in vuur. Die tichels moesten hun tot bouwsteen dienen, de asfalt tot mortel.
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.”
4Later zeiden ze weer: Komt, laten we ons een stad bouwen met een toren, waarvan de spits tot in de hemel reikt; dan maken we ons een herkenningsteken, zodat we niet over heel de aarde worden verstrooid.
5The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
5Maar Jahweh daalde neer, om de stad en de toren eens te bezien, die de mensenkinderen bouwden.
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.
6Want Jahweh sprak: Zie, zij vormen één volk en spreken één taal. En dit is nog maar het begin van hun doen; later zal men niets meer kunnen beletten van al wat zij van plan zijn.
7Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
7Kom, laat ons afdalen, en daar beneden hun spraak in verwarring brengen, zodat zij elkanders taal niet meer verstaan.
8So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
8Zo verstrooide Jahweh hen over de hele aarde, en staakten zij de bouw der stad.
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.
9Daarom noemt men haar Babel, omdat Jahweh daar de spraak van de hele aarde in verwarring heeft gebracht, en omdat Jahweh hen vandaar over de hele aarde heeft verstrooid.
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.
10Dit is de geslachtslijst van Sem. Sem was honderd jaar oud, toen hij Arpaksad verwekte, twee jaar na de zondvloed.
11Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
11En Sem leefde, nadat hij Arpaksad verwekt had, nog vijfhonderd jaar, en verwekte zonen en dochters.
12Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.
12Arpaksad was vijf en dertig jaar oud, toen hij Sála verwekte.
13Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
13Arpaksad leefde, nadat hij Sála verwekt had, nog vierhonderd drie jaar, en verwekte zonen en dochters.
14Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
14Sála was dertig jaar oud, toen hij Eber verwekte.
15Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
15En Sála leefde, nadat hij Eber verwekt had, nog vierhonderd drie jaar, en verwekte zonen en dochters.
16Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
16Eber was vier en dertig jaar oud, toen hij Páleg verwekte.
17Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
17Eber leefde, nadat hij Páleg verwekt had, nog vierhonderd dertig jaar, en verwekte zonen en dochters.
18Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
18Páleg was dertig jaar, toen hij Ragaoe verwekte.
19Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
19En Páleg leefde, nadat hij Ragaoe verwekt had, nog tweehonderd negen jaar, en verwekte zonen en dochters.
20Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
20Ragaoe was twee en dertig jaar oud, toen hij Seroeg verwekte.
21Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
21En Ragaoe leefde, nadat hij Seroeg verwekt had, nog tweehonderd zeven jaar, en verwekte zonen en dochters.
22Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
22Seroeg was dertig jaar oud, toen hij Nachor verwekte.
23Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
23En Seroeg leefde, nadat hij Nachor verwekt had, nog tweehonderd jaar, en verwekte zonen en dochters.
24Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
24Nachor was negen en twintig jaar oud, toen hij Tara verwekte.
25Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
25En Nachor leefde, nadat hij Tara verwekt had, nog honderd negentien jaar, en verwekte zonen en dochters.
26Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
26Tara was zeventig jaar oud, toen hij Abram, Nachor en Haran verwekte.
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.
27En dit is de geslachtslijst van Tara. Tara verwekte Abram, Nachor en Haran. Haran verwekte Lot.
28Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
28Haran stierf nog bij het leven van Tara, zijn vader, in zijn geboorteland, in Oer der Chaldeën.
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.
29Abram en Nachor waren beiden getrouwd. De vrouw van Abram heette Sarai; de vrouw van Nachor heette Milka, en was de dochter van Haran, den vader van Milka en Jiska.
30Sarai was barren. She had no child.
30Sarai was onvruchtbaar en had geen kinderen.
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.
31Tara nam zijn zoon Abram en zijn kleinzoon Lot, den zoon van Haran, en zijn schoondochter Sarai, de vrouw van zijn zoon Abram, met zich mee, en voerde ze weg uit Oer der Chaldeën, om naar het land Kanaän te trekken. Maar eenmaal in Charan gekomen, bleven zij daar wonen.
32The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
32Tara werd tweehonderd vijf jaar oud, en stierf in Charan.
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