Genesis 11 בְּרֵאשִׁית

Hebrew · transliteration · JPS 1917

¹וַֽיְהִ֥י כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ שָׂפָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת וּדְבָרִ֖ים אֲחָדִֽים׃

vayhi khal-ha'aretz safa echat udevarim achadim

And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

²וַֽיְהִ֖י בְּנָסְעָ֣ם מִקֶּ֑דֶם וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּ בִקְעָ֛ה בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שִׁנְעָ֖ר וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃

vayhi benas'am mikkedem vayyimtzeu vik'a be'eretz shin'ar vayyeshvu sham

And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

³וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֗הוּ הָ֚בָה נִלְבְּנָ֣ה לְבֵנִ֔ים וְנִשְׂרְפָ֖ה לִשְׂרֵפָ֑ה וַתְּהִ֨י לָהֶ֤ם הַלְּבֵנָה֙ לְאָ֔בֶן וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר הָיָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם לַחֹֽמֶר׃

vayyomru ish el-re'ehu hava nilbena levenim venisrefa lisrefa vattehi lahem hallevena le'aven vehachemar haya lahem lachomer

And they said one to another: ‘Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.’ And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

⁴וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ הָ֣בָה ׀ נִבְנֶה־לָּ֣נוּ עִ֗יר וּמִגְדָּל֙ וְרֹאשׁ֣וֹ בַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֖נוּ שֵׁ֑ם פֶּן־נָפ֖וּץ עַל־פְּנֵ֥י כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

vayyomru hava nivne-lanu ir umigdal verosho vashamayim vena'ase-lanu shem pen-nafutz al-pene khal-ha'aretz

And they said: ‘Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.’

⁵וַיֵּ֣רֶד יְהוָ֔ה לִרְאֹ֥ת אֶת־הָעִ֖יר וְאֶת־הַמִּגְדָּ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנ֖וּ בְּנֵ֥י הָאָדָֽם׃

vayyered ADONAI lir'ot et-ha'ir ve'et-hammigdal asher banu bene ha'adam

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

⁶וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה הֵ֣ן עַ֤ם אֶחָד֙ וְשָׂפָ֤ה אַחַת֙ לְכֻלָּ֔ם וְזֶ֖ה הַחִלָּ֣ם לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת וְעַתָּה֙ לֹֽא־יִבָּצֵ֣ר מֵהֶ֔ם כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָזְמ֖וּ לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃

vayyomer ADONAI hen am echad vesafa achat lekhullam veze hachillam la'asot ve'atta lo-yibbatzer mehem kol asher yazmu la'asot

And the LORD said: ‘Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.

⁷הָ֚בָה נֵֽרְדָ֔ה וְנָבְלָ֥ה שָׁ֖ם שְׂפָתָ֑ם אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמְע֔וּ אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפַ֥ת רֵעֵֽהוּ׃

hava nerda venavla sham sefatam asher lo yishme'u ish sefat re'ehu

Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.’

⁸וַיָּ֨פֶץ יְהוָ֥ה אֹתָ֛ם מִשָּׁ֖ם עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַֽיַּחְדְּל֖וּ לִבְנֹ֥ת הָעִֽיר׃

vayyafetz ADONAI otam misham al-pene khal-ha'aretz vayyachdelu livnot ha'ir

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.

⁹עַל־כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל כִּי־שָׁ֛ם בָּלַ֥ל יְהוָ֖ה שְׂפַ֣ת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וּמִשָּׁם֙ הֱפִיצָ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה עַל־פְּנֵ֖י כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

al-ken kara shemah bavel ki-sham balal ADONAI sefat kal-ha'aretz umisham hefitzam ADONAI al-pene kal-ha'aretz

Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there aconfound the language of all the earth; and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

¹⁰אֵ֚לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת שֵׁ֔ם שֵׁ֚ם בֶּן־מְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֔ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֑ד שְׁנָתַ֖יִם אַחַ֥ר הַמַּבּֽוּל׃

elle toldot shem shem ben-me'at shana vayyoled et-arpakhshad shenatayim achar hammabbul

These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood.

¹¹וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁ֗ם אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֔ד חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

vaychi-shem achare holido et-arpakhshad chamesh meot shana vayyoled banim uvanot

And Shem lived after he begot Arpachshad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

¹²וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֣ד חַ֔י חָמֵ֥שׁ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־שָֽׁלַח׃

ve'arpakhshad chay chamesh usheloshim shana vayyoled et-shalach

And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah.

¹³וַֽיְחִ֣י אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֗ד אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־שֶׁ֔לַח שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

vaychi arpakhshad achare holido et-shelach shalosh shanim ve'arba' meot shana vayyoled banim uvanot

And Arpachshad lived after he begot Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

¹⁴וְשֶׁ֥לַח חַ֖י שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־עֵֽבֶר׃

veshelach chay sheloshim shana vayyoled et-ever

And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.

¹⁵וַֽיְחִי־שֶׁ֗לַח אַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־עֵ֔בֶר שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

vaychi-shelach achare holido et-ever shalosh shanim ve'arba' meot shana vayyoled banim uvanot

And Shelah lived after he begot Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

¹⁶וַֽיְחִי־עֵ֕בֶר אַרְבַּ֥ע וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־פָּֽלֶג׃

vaychi-ever arba' usheloshim shana vayyoled et-paleg

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg.

¹⁷וַֽיְחִי־עֵ֗בֶר אַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־פֶּ֔לֶג שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

vaychi-ever achare holido et-peleg sheloshim shana ve'arba' meot shana vayyoled banim uvanot

And Eber lived after he begot Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.

¹⁸וַֽיְחִי־פֶ֖לֶג שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־רְעֽוּ׃

vaychi-feleg sheloshim shana vayyoled et-re'u

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

¹⁹וַֽיְחִי־פֶ֗לֶג אַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־רְע֔וּ תֵּ֥שַׁע שָׁנִ֖ים וּמָאתַ֣יִם שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

vaychi-feleg achare holido et-re'u tesha' shanim umatayim shana vayyoled banim uvanot

And Peleg lived after he begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.

²⁰וַיְחִ֣י רְע֔וּ שְׁתַּ֥יִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־שְׂרֽוּג׃

vaychi re'u shetayim usheloshim shana vayyoled et-serug

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug.

²¹וַיְחִ֣י רְע֗וּ אַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־שְׂר֔וּג שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים וּמָאתַ֣יִם שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

vaychi re'u achare holido et-serug sheva' shanim umatayim shana vayyoled banim uvanot

And Reu lived after he begot Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.

²²וַיְחִ֥י שְׂר֖וּג שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־נָחֽוֹר׃

vaychi serug sheloshim shana vayyoled et-nachor

And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.

²³וַיְחִ֣י שְׂר֗וּג אַחֲרֵ֛י הוֹלִיד֥וֹ אֶת־נָח֖וֹר מָאתַ֣יִם שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

vaychi serug achare holido et-nachor matayim shana vayyoled banim uvanot

And Serug lived after he begot Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

²⁴וַיְחִ֣י נָח֔וֹר תֵּ֥שַׁע וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־תָּֽרַח׃

vaychi nachor tesha' ve'esrim shana vayyoled et-tarach

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah.

²⁵וַיְחִ֣י נָח֗וֹר אַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־תֶּ֔רַח תְּשַֽׁע־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

vaychi nachor achare holido et-terach tesha'-esre shana ume'at shana vayyoled banim uvanot

And Nahor lived after he begot Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

²⁶וַֽיְחִי־תֶ֖רַח שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֨וֹלֶד֙ אֶת־אַבְרָ֔ם אֶת־נָח֖וֹר וְאֶת־הָרָֽן׃

vaychi-terach shiv'im shana vayyoled et-avram et-nachor ve'et-haran

And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

²⁷וְאֵ֨לֶּה֙ תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת תֶּ֔רַח תֶּ֚רַח הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־אַבְרָ֔ם אֶת־נָח֖וֹר וְאֶת־הָרָ֑ן וְהָרָ֖ן הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־לֽוֹט׃

ve'elle toldot terach terach holid et-avram et-nachor ve'et-haran veharan holid et-lot

Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.

²⁸וַיָּ֣מָת הָרָ֔ן עַל־פְּנֵ֖י תֶּ֣רַח אָבִ֑יו בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מוֹלַדְתּ֖וֹ בְּא֥וּר כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃

vayyamat haran al-pene terach aviv be'eretz moladto beur kasdim

And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

²⁹וַיִּקַּ֨ח אַבְרָ֧ם וְנָח֛וֹר לָהֶ֖ם נָשִׁ֑ים שֵׁ֤ם אֵֽשֶׁת־אַבְרָם֙ שָׂרָ֔י וְשֵׁ֤ם אֵֽשֶׁת־נָחוֹר֙ מִלְכָּ֔ה בַּת־הָרָ֥ן אֲבִֽי־מִלְכָּ֖ה וַֽאֲבִ֥י יִסְכָּֽה׃

vayyikkach avram venachor lahem nashim shem eshet-avram saray veshem eshet-nachor milka bat-haran avi-milka va'avi yiska

And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

³⁰וַתְּהִ֥י שָׂרַ֖י עֲקָרָ֑ה אֵ֥ין לָ֖הּ וָלָֽד׃

vattehi saray akara en lah valad

And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

³¹וַיִּקַּ֨ח תֶּ֜רַח אֶת־אַבְרָ֣ם בְּנ֗וֹ וְאֶת־ל֤וֹט בֶּן־הָרָן֙ בֶּן־בְּנ֔וֹ וְאֵת֙ שָׂרַ֣י כַּלָּת֔וֹ אֵ֖שֶׁת אַבְרָ֣ם בְּנ֑וֹ וַיֵּצְא֨וּ אִתָּ֜ם מֵא֣וּר כַּשְׂדִּ֗ים לָלֶ֨כֶת֙ אַ֣רְצָה כְּנַ֔עַן וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ עַד־חָרָ֖ן וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃

vayyikkach terach et-avram beno ve'et-lot ben-haran ben-beno ve'et saray kallato eshet avram beno vayyetzu ittam meur kasdim lalekhet artza kena'an vayyavou ad-charan vayyeshvu sham

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

³²וַיִּהְי֣וּ יְמֵי־תֶ֔רַח חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וּמָאתַ֣יִם שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּ֥מָת תֶּ֖רַח בְּחָרָֽן׃

vayyihyu yeme-terach chamesh shanim umatayim shana vayyamat terach becharan

And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.

World Messianic Bible (English numbering)

¹The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

²As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.

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.

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.”

⁵The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

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, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

⁸So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.

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.

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.

¹¹Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

¹²Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.

¹³Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

¹⁴Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.

¹⁵Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

¹⁶Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.

¹⁷Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

¹⁸Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.

¹⁹Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

²⁰Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.

²¹Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

²²Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.

²³Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

²⁴Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.

²⁵Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

²⁶Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

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.

²⁸Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur-Kasdim, while his father Terah was still alive.

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.

³⁰Sarai was barren. She had no child.

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-Kasdim, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.

³²The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.

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