1 و َلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الأرْضِ إلّا لُغَةٌ واحِدَةٌ لَها مُفْرَداتٌ مَحْدُودَةٌ.

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

2 و َمَعَ ارتِحالِ النّاسِ مِنَ الشَّرْقِ، وَجَدُوا سَهلاً فِي أرْضِ شِنْعارَ. فَاسْتَقَرُّوا هُناكَ.

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

3 ف اتَّفَقُوا وَقالُوا: «لِنَصْنَعْ لِبْناً وَنَشْوِيهِ جَيِّداً حَتَّى نُقَسِّيهِ.» فَاسْتَخدَمُوا بَدَلَ الحِجارَةِ لِبْناً، وَبَدَلَ الطِّينِ قاراً.

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

4 ث ُمَّ قالُوا: «لِنَبْنِ لَنا مَدِينَةً، وَبُرْجاً تَصِلُ قِمَّتُهُ إلَى السَّماءِ. وَهَكَذا نَكْتَسِبُ شُهْرَةً. وَإلّا، فَإنَّنا سَنَتَشَتَّتُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأرْضِ.»

And 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.

5 و َنَزَلَ اللهُ لِيَرَى المَدِينَةَ وَالبُرْجَ اللَّذَينِ بَناهُما النّاسُ.

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

6 و َقالَ اللهُ: «ها إنَّهُمْ شَعبٌ وَاحِدٌ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ لُغَةً واحِدَةً. وَما هَذِهِ إلّا البِدايَةُ. لا يَصْعُبُ عَلَيهِمْ شَيءٌ يَنْوُونَ عَمَلَهُ.

And 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.

7 ف َهَيّا نَنْزِلْ وَنُبَلْبِلْ لُغَتَهُمْ، فَلا يَعُودُ بَعْضُهُمْ يَفْهَمُ لُغَةَ بَعْضٍ.»

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

8 ف َشَتَّتَهُمُ اللهُ مِنْ هُناكَ عَلَى سَطْحِ الأرْضِ كُلِّها. فَتَوَقَّفَ بِناءُ المَدِينَةِ.

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

9 و َلِهَذا سُمِّيَتِ المَدِينَةُ بابِلَ، لأنَّ اللهَ بَلْبَلَ هُناكَ لُغَةَ الأرْضِ كُلِّها. وَمِنْ هُناكَ، شَتَّتَهُمُ اللهُ عَلَى وَجهِ الأرْضِ كُلِّها. تاريخُ عائلةِ سام

Therefore 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.

10 ه َذا سِجِلُّ مَوالِيدِ سامَ. عِنْدَما كانَ عُمْرُ سامَ مِئَةَ سَنَةٍ، أنْجَبَ أرْفَكْشادَ. وَكانَ هَذا بَعْدَ سَنَتَينِ مِنَ الطُّوفانِ.

These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

11 و َعاشَ سامُ خَمْسَ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ بَعْدَ وِلادَةِ أرْفَكْشادَ. وَقَدْ أنجَبَ بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

and Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

12 و َلَمّا بَلَغَ أرْفَكْشادُ خَمْساً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً أنجَبَ شالَحَ.

And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

13 و َعاشَ أرْفَكْشادُ بَعْدَ وِلادَةِ شالَحَ أرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثَ سِنِينَ أنجَبَ خِلالَها بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

and Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

14 و َلَمّا بَلَغَ شالَحُ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ عابِرَ.

And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

15 و َعاشَ شالَحُ بَعْدَ مَولِدِ عابِرَ أرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثَ سِنِينَ أنجَبَ خِلالَها بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

and Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

16 و َلَمّا بَلَغَ عابِرُ أرْبَعاً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ فالَجَ.

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

17 و َعاشَ عابِرُ بَعْدَ مَولِدِ فالَجَ أرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً أنْجَبَ خِلالَها بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

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

18 و َلَمّا بَلَغَ فالَجُ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ رَعُواً.

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

19 و َعاشَ فالَجُ بَعْدَ مَولِدِ رَعُوٍ مِئَتَينِ وَتِسْعَ سِنِينَ أنجَبَ خِلالَها بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

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

20 و َلَمّا بَلَغَ رَعُوٌ اثْنَتَينِ وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ سَرُوجَ.

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

21 و َعاشَ رَعُوٌ بَعْدَ مَولِدِ سَرُوجَ مِئَتَينِ وَسَبْعَ سِنِينَ أنْجَبَ خِلالَها بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

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

22 و َلَمّا بَلَغَ سَرُوجُ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ ناحُورَ.

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

23 و َعاشَ سَرُوجُ بَعْدَ مَولِدِ ناحُورَ مِئَتَي سَنَةٍ أنْجَبَ خِلالَها بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

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

24 و َلَمّا بَلَغَ ناحُورُ تِسْعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ تارَحَ.

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

25 و َعاشَ ناحُورُ بَعْدَ مَولِدِ تارَحَ مِئَةً وَتِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، أنجَبَ خِلالَها بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

and Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

26 و َلَمّا بَلَغَ تارَحُ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ أبْرامَ وَناحُورَ وَهارانَ. تاريخُ عائلةِ تارَح

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

27 ه َذا سِجِلُّ مَوالِيدِ عائِلَةِ تارَحَ. أنْجَبَ تارَحُ أبْرامَ وَناحُورَ وَهارانَ. وَأنْجَبَ هارانُ لُوطَ.

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

28 و َماتَ هارانُ قَبلَ أبِيهِ تارَحَ فِي أرْضِ مَولِدِهِ – فِي أُورِ الكِلْدانِيِّينَ.

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

29 و َتَزَوَّجَ كُلٌّ مِنْ أبْرامَ وَناحُورَ. وَكانَ اسْمُ زَوْجَةِ أبْرامَ سارايَ. وَكانَ اسْمُ زَوْجَةِ ناحُورَ مِلْكَةَ. وَكانَتْ مِلْكَةُ ابْنَةَ هارانَ. وَكانَ هارانُ قَدْ أنْجَبَ مِلْكَةَ وَيِسْكَةَ.

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.

30 و َكانَتْ سارايُ عاقِراً وَلَيسَ لَها ابْنٌ.

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31 و َأخَذَ تارَحُ ابْنَهُ أبْرامَ، وَحَفِيدَهُ لُوطَ، ابْنَ ابْنِهِ هارانَ، وَكَنَّتَهُ سارايَ، زَوْجَةَ ابْنِهِ أبْرامَ، وَتَرَكُوا أُورَ الكِلْدانِيِّينَ لِيَتَّجِهُوا إلَى أرْضِ كَنْعانَ. لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمّا وَصَلُوا حارانَ، اسْتَقَرُّوا هُناكَ.

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.

32 و َعاشَ تارَحُ مِئَتَينِ وَخَمْسَ سَنَواتٍ. ثُمَّ ماتَ فِي حارانَ.

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