Genesis 11
1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
וַיְהִי כָל־הָאָרֶץ שָׂפָה אֶחָת וּדְבָרִים אֲחָדִים׃ (1496)
2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
וַיְהִי בְּנָסְעָם מִקֶּדֶם וַיִּמְצְאוּ בִקְעָה בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָר וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם׃ (2344)
See also: Genesis 10:10, Daniel 1:2, Zechariah 5:11, Genesis 14:1, Isaiah 11:11, Genesis 13:11, Daniel 4:30, Genesis 11:9
3And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ הָבָה נִלְבְּנָה לְבֵנִים וְנִשְׂרְפָה לִשְׂרֵפָה וַתְּהִי לָהֶם הַלְּבֵנָה לְאָבֶן וְהַחֵמָר הָיָה לָהֶם לַחֹמֶר׃ (3726)
See also: Genesis 14:10, Exodus 1:14, Exodus 2:3, Hebrews 10:24, James 4:13, James 5:1, 2 Samuel 12:31, Isaiah 9:10, Isaiah 41:6-7, Hebrews 3:13, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 19:32, Exodus 5:7-18, Psalms 64:5, Proverbs 1:11, Ecclesiastes 2:1, Isaiah 5:5, Isaiah 65:3, Nahum 3:14
4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָבָה ׀ נִבְנֶה־לָּנוּ עִיר וּמִגְדָּל וְרֹאשֹׁו בַשָּׁמַיִם וְנַעֲשֶׂה־לָּנוּ שֵׁם פֶּן־נָפוּץ עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ׃ (3535)
See also: Deuteronomy 1:28, John 5:44, Luke 1:51, Deuteronomy 9:1, Daniel 4:30, Psalms 49:11-13, Proverbs 10:7, 2 Samuel 8:13, Genesis 6:4, Daniel 4:11, Genesis 11:8-9, Psalms 92:9, Jeremiah 51:53, Daniel 4:22, Deuteronomy 4:27, Luke 14:28, Genesis 11:3, Job 20:6, Ecclesiastes 2:4, Ecclesiastes 7:29
5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
וַיֵּרֶד יְהוָה לִרְאֹת אֶת־הָעִיר וְאֶת־הַמִּגְדָּל אֲשֶׁר בָּנוּ בְּנֵי הָאָדָם׃ (2723)
See also: Psalms 33:13-14, Genesis 18:21, John 3:13, Exodus 3:8, Jeremiah 23:23-24, Hebrews 4:13, Genesis 3:9, Exodus 19:11, Exodus 19:20, Psalms 11:4, Genesis 31:42, Exodus 19:18, Numbers 11:17, Ephesians 4:9, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 35:13, Deuteronomy 9:13, Psalms 14:2, Acts 7:34
6And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה הֵן עַם אֶחָד וְשָׂפָה אַחַת לְכֻלָּם וְזֶה הַחִלָּם לַעֲשֹׂות וְעַתָּה לֹא־יִבָּצֵר מֵהֶם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יָזְמוּ לַעֲשֹׂות׃ (4607)
See also: Psalms 2:1-4, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:1, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Luke 1:51, Genesis 6:5, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 8:21, Habakkuk 2:13, John 1:10, Acts 2:3, Genesis 19:9, Daniel 4:9, Acts 14:18, Acts 17:26, Judges 10:14
7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
הָבָה נֵרְדָה וְנָבְלָה שָׁם שְׂפָתָם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ אִישׁ שְׂפַת רֵעֵהוּ׃ (3854)
See also: Psalms 33:10, Genesis 1:26, John 14:23, Job 5:12-13, Isaiah 6:8, Psalms 55:9, 1 Corinthians 14:2-11, Genesis 42:23, Acts 2:4-11, 1 Corinthians 14:23, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 18:21, Exodus 3:8, Deuteronomy 28:49, Job 12:20, Psalms 2:4, Isaiah 5:5, Jeremiah 5:15, Genesis 10:20
8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
וַיָּפֶץ יְהוָה אֹתָם מִשָּׁם עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ וַיַּחְדְּלוּ לִבְנֹת הָעִיר׃ (2450)
See also: Luke 1:51, Deuteronomy 32:8, Genesis 10:25, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:9, Genesis 49:7
9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
עַל־כֵּן קָרָא שְׁמָהּ בָּבֶל כִּי־שָׁם בָּלַל יְהוָה שְׂפַת כָּל־הָאָרֶץ וּמִשָּׁם הֱפִיצָם יְהוָה עַל־פְּנֵי כָּל־הָאָרֶץ׃ (3657)
See also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:10, Genesis 10:20, Acts 17:26, 1 Corinthians 14:23, Genesis 10:25, Jeremiah 50:1-46, Genesis 10:31-32, Isaiah 13:1-14, Genesis 11:8, 2 Kings 20:12, Isaiah 23:13, Isaiah 24:10, Ezekiel 23:17, James 3:16, Genesis 11:2, 2 Samuel 18:18
10These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
אֵלֶּה תֹּולְדֹת שֵׁם ם בֶּן־מְאַת שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁד שְׁנָתַיִם אַחַר הַמַּבּוּל׃ (4258)
See also: 1 Chronicles 1:24, 1 Chronicles 1:17-27, Luke 3:36, Genesis 2:4, Genesis 10:21-22, Genesis 11:27, Luke 3:34-36
11And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
וַיְחִי־שֵׁם אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁד חֲמֵשׁ מֵאֹות שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ (3432)
See also: Genesis 9:7, Genesis 47:9, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 5:4-32, Genesis 9:29, Psalms 127:3-4, Psalms 128:3-4, Psalms 144:12
12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד חַי חָמֵשׁ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־שָׁלַח׃ (2813)
13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
וַיְחִי אַרְפַּכְשַׁד אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־שֶׁלַח שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וְאַרְבַּע מֵאֹות שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ (4391)
14And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
וְשֶׁלַח חַי שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־עֵבֶר׃ (2126)
15And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
וַיְחִי־שֶׁלַח אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־עֵבֶר שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וְאַרְבַּע מֵאֹות שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ (4058)
16And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
וַיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַרְבַּע וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־פָּלֶג׃ (2190)
17And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
וַיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־פֶּלֶג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאֹות שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ (3838)
18And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
וַיְחִי־פֶלֶג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־רְעוּ׃ (1915)
See also: Luke 3:35
19And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
וַיְחִי־פֶלֶג אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־רְעוּ תֵּשַׁע שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ (3748)
20And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
וַיְחִי רְעוּ שְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־שְׂרוּג׃ (3067)
See also: Luke 3:35, Ecclesiastes 1:4
21And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
וַיְחִי רְעוּ אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־שְׂרוּג שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ (3746)
22And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
וַיְחִי שְׂרוּג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־נָחֹור׃ (2299)
See also: Joshua 24:2
23And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
וַיְחִי שְׂרוּג אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־נָחֹור מָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ (2956)
24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
וַיְחִי נָחֹור תֵּשַׁע וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־תָּרַח׃ (3114)
25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
וַיְחִי נָחֹור אַחֲרֵי הֹולִידֹו אֶת־תֶּרַח תְּשַׁע־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֹות׃ (4711)
See also: Ezekiel 16:3, Genesis 24:4
26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
וַיְחִי־תֶרַח שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־אַבְרָם אֶת־נָחֹור וְאֶת־הָרָן׃ (3446)
See also: Joshua 24:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:4-5, 1 Chronicles 1:26-27, Genesis 22:20-24, Genesis 29:4-5
27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
וְאֵלֶּה תֹּולְדֹת תֶּרַח תֶּרַח הֹולִיד אֶת־אַבְרָם אֶת־נָחֹור וְאֶת־הָרָן וְהָרָן הֹולִיד אֶת־לֹוט׃ (4886)
See also: Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 14:12, 1 Chronicles 1:27, 2 Peter 2:7, Genesis 11:10, Genesis 13:1-11, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 19:1-29, Genesis 24:15
28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
וַיָּמָת הָרָן עַל־פְּנֵי תֶּרַח אָבִיו בְּאֶרֶץ מֹולַדְתֹּו בְּאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים׃ (2940)
29And 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.
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָם וְנָחֹור לָהֶם נָשִׁים שֵׁם אֵשֶׁת־אַבְרָם שָׂרָי וְשֵׁם אֵשֶׁת־נָחֹור מִלְכָּה בַּת־הָרָן אֲבִי־מִלְכָּה וַאֲבִי יִסְכָּה׃ (5191)
See also: Genesis 22:20, Genesis 24:15, Genesis 17:15, Ezekiel 16:3, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 24:24, Genesis 24:36, Genesis 12:13
30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
וַתְּהִי שָׂרַי עֲקָרָה אֵין לָהּ וָלָד׃ (1442)
See also: Genesis 25:21, Genesis 16:1, Genesis 15:2-3, Genesis 18:11-12, Genesis 21:1-2, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 30:1-2, Judges 13:2, 1 Samuel 1:2, Psalms 113:9, Luke 1:7, Luke 1:36
31And 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.
וַיִּקַּח תֶּרַח אֶת־אַבְרָם בְּנֹו וְאֶת־לֹוט בֶּן־הָרָן בֶּן־בְּנֹו וְאֵת שָׂרַי כַּלָּתֹו אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם בְּנֹו וַיֵּצְאוּ אִתָּם מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים לָלֶכֶת אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד־חָרָן וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם׃ (7840)
See also: Genesis 12:1, Nehemiah 9:7, Acts 7:2-4, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 24:10, Joshua 24:2-3, Hebrews 11:8, Genesis 11:32-12:1, Isaiah 37:12, Genesis 10:19, Genesis 11:27, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 27:43, 2 Kings 19:12, Genesis 11:26-28, Genesis 24:15, Genesis 28:10, Genesis 29:4, Genesis 31:53
32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
וַיִּהְיוּ יְמֵי־תֶרַח חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיָּמָת תֶּרַח בְּחָרָן׃ (3629)
See also: Job 42:16, Genesis 11:31