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1온 땅의 구음이 하나이요 언어가 하나이었더라 2이에 그들이 동방으로 옮기다가 시날 평지를 만나 거기 거하고 3서로 말하되 자, 벽돌을 만들어 견고히 굽자 하고 이에 벽돌로 돌을 대신하며 역청으로 진흙을 대신하고 4또 말하되 자, 성과 대를 쌓아 대 꼭대기를 하늘에 닿게 하여 우리 이름을 내고 온 지면에 흩어짐을 면하자 하였더니 5여호와께서 인생들의 쌓는 성과 대를 보시려고 강림하셨더라 6여호와께서 가라사대 이 무리가 한 족속이요 언어도 하나이므로 이같이 시작하였으니 이후로는 그 경영하는 일을 금지할 수 없으리로다 7자, 우리가 내려가서 거기서 그들의 언어를 혼잡케 하여 그들로 서로 알아듣지 못하게 하자 하시고 8여호와께서 거기서 그들을 온 지면에 흩으신 고로 그들이 성 쌓기를 그쳤더라 9그러므로 그 이름을 바벨이라 하니 이는 여호와께서 거기서 온 땅의 언어를 혼잡케 하셨음이라 여호와께서 거기서 그들을 온 지면에 흩으셨더라 10셈의 후예는 이러하니라 셈은 일백 세 곧 홍수 후 이 년에 아르박삿을 낳았고 11아르박삿을 낳은 후에 오백 년을 지내며 자녀를 낳았으며 12아르박삿은 삼십오 세에 셀라를 낳았고 13셀라를 낳은 후에 사백삼 년을 지내며 자녀를 낳았으며 14셀라는 삼십 세에 에벨을 낳았고 15에벨을 낳은 후에 사백삼 년을 지내며 자녀를 낳았으며 16에벨은 삼십사 세에 벨렉을 낳았고 17벨렉을 낳은 후에 사백삼십 년을 지내며 자녀를 낳았으며 18벨렉은 삼십 세에 르우를 낳았고 19르우를 낳은 후에 이백구 년을 지내며 자녀를 낳았으며 20르우는 삼십이 세에 스룩을 낳았고 21스룩을 낳은 후에 이백칠 년을 지내며 자녀를 낳았으며 22스룩은 삼십 세에 나홀을 낳았고 23나홀을 낳은 후에 이백 년을 지내며 자녀를 낳았으며 24나홀은 이십구 세에 데라를 낳았고 25데라를 낳은 후에 일백십구 년을 지내며 자녀를 낳았으며 26데라는 칠십 세에 아브람과 나홀과 하란을 낳았더라 27데라의 후예는 이러하니라 데라는 아브람과 나홀과 하란을 낳았고 하란은 롯을 낳았으며 28하란은 그 아비 데라보다 먼저 본토 갈대아 우르에서 죽었더라 29아브람과 나홀이 장가 들었으니 아브람의 아내 이름은 사래며 나홀의 아내 이름은 밀가니 하란의 딸이요 하란은 밀가의 아비며 또 이스가의 아비더라 30사래는 잉태하지 못하므로 자식이 없었더라 31데라가 그 아들 아브람과 하란의 아들 그 손자 롯과 그 자부 아브람의 아내 사래를 데리고 갈대아 우르에서 떠나 가나안 땅으로 가고자 하더니 하란에 이르러 거기 거하였으며 32데라는 이백오 세를 향수하고 하란에서 죽었더라

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 one to 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 ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.” 5Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. 6Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh 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 and 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 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 sons and daughters. 14Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber: 15and Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of 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 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 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 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 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 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 before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, 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 of the Chaldees, 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.

1En de ganse aarde was van enerlei spraak en enerlei woorden. 2Maar het geschiedde, als zij tegen het oosten togen, dat zij een laagte vonden in het land Sinear; en zij woonden aldaar. 3En zij zeiden een ieder tot zijn naaste: Kom aan, laat ons tichelen strijken, en wel doorbranden! En de tichel was hun voor steen, en het lijm was hun voor leem. 4En zij zeiden: Kom aan, laat ons voor ons een stad bouwen, en een toren, welks opperste in den hemel zij, en laat ons een naam voor ons maken, opdat wij niet misschien over de ganse aarde verstrooid worden! 5Toen kwam de HEERE neder, om te bezien de stad en den toren, die de kinderen der mensen bouwden. 6En de HEERE zeide: Ziet, zij zijn enerlei volk, en hebben allen enerlei spraak; en dit is het, dat zij beginnen te maken; maar nu, zoude hun niet afgesneden worden al wat zij bedacht hebben te maken? 7Kom aan, laat Ons nedervaren, en laat Ons hun spraak aldaar verwarren, opdat iegelijk de spraak zijns naasten niet hore. 8Alzo verstrooide hen de HEERE van daar over de ganse aarde; en zij hielden op de stad te bouwen. 9Daarom noemde men haar naam Babel; want aldaar verwarde de HEERE de spraak der ganse aarde, en van daar verstrooide hen de HEERE over de ganse aarde. 10Deze zijn de geboorten van Sem: Sem was honderd jaren oud, en gewon Arfachsad, twee jaren na den vloed. 11En Sem leefde, nadat hij Arfachsad gewonnen had, vijfhonderd jaren; en hij gewon zonen en dochteren. 12En Arfachsad leefde vijf en dertig jaren, en hij gewon Selah. 13En Arfachsad leefde, nadat hij Selah gewonnen had, vierhonderd en drie jaren; en hij gewon zonen en dochteren. 14En Selah leefde dertig jaren, en hij gewon Heber. 15En Selah leefde, nadat hij Heber gewonnen had, vierhonderd en drie jaren, en hij gewon zonen en dochteren. 16En Heber leefde vier en dertig jaren, en gewon Peleg. 17En Heber leefde, nadat hij Peleg gewonnen had, vierhonderd en dertig jaren; en hij gewon zonen en dochteren. 18En Peleg leefde dertig jaren, en hij gewon Rehu. 19En Peleg leefde, nadat hij Rehu gewonnen had, tweehonderd en negen jaren; en hij gewon zonen en dochteren. 20En Rehu leefde twee en dertig jaren, en hij gewon Serug. 21En Rehu leefde, nadat hij Serug gewonnen had, tweehonderd en zeven jaren; en hij gewon zonen en dochteren. 22En Serug leefde dertig jaren, en gewon Nahor. 23En Serug leefde, nadat hij Nahor gewonnen had, tweehonderd jaren; en hij gewon zonen en dochteren. 24En Nahor leefde negen en twintig jaren, en gewon Terah. 25En Nahor leefde, nadat hij Terah gewonnen had, honderd en negentien jaren; en hij gewon zonen en dochteren. 26En Terah leefde zeventig jaren, en gewon Abram, Nahor en Haran. 27En deze zijn de geboorten van Terah: Terah gewon Abram, Nahor en Haran; en Haran gewon Lot. 28En Haran stierf voor het aangezicht zijns vaders Terah, in het land zijner geboorte, in Ur der Chaldeen. 29En Abram en Nahor namen zich vrouwen; de naam van Abrams huisvrouw was Sarai, en de naam van Nahors huisvrouw was Milka, een dochter van Haran, vader van Milka, en vader van Jiska. 30En Sarai was onvruchtbaar; zij had geen kind. 31En Terah nam Abram, zijn zoon, en Lot, Harans zoon, zijns zoons zoon, en Sarai, zijn schoondochter, de huisvrouw van zijn zoon Abram, en zij togen met hen uit Ur der Chaldeen, om te gaan naar het land Kanaan; en zij kwamen tot Haran, en woonden aldaar. 32En de dagen van Terah waren tweehonderd en vijf jaren, en Terah stierf te Haran.