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

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الأرْضِ إلّا لُغَةٌ واحِدَةٌ لَها مُفْرَداتٌ مَحْدُودَةٌ.

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

وَمَعَ ارتِحالِ النّاسِ مِنَ الشَّرْقِ، وَجَدُوا سَهلاً فِي أرْضِ شِنْعارَ. فَاسْتَقَرُّوا هُناكَ.

3 A nd they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick instead of stone and slime instead of mortar.

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

4 A nd 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.

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

5 ¶ And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of the man built.

وَنَزَلَ اللهُ لِيَرَى المَدِينَةَ وَالبُرْجَ اللَّذَينِ بَناهُما النّاسُ.

6 A nd the LORD said, Behold, the people are one, and they all have one language; and they begin to do this, and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do.

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

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

فَهَيّا نَنْزِلْ وَنُبَلْبِلْ لُغَتَهُمْ، فَلا يَعُودُ بَعْضُهُمْ يَفْهَمُ لُغَةَ بَعْضٍ.»

8 S o the LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth, and they left off to build the city.

فَشَتَّتَهُمُ اللهُ مِنْ هُناكَ عَلَى سَطْحِ الأرْضِ كُلِّها. فَتَوَقَّفَ بِناءُ المَدِينَةِ.

9 T herefore the name of it was called Babel because there the LORD confounded the language of all the earth, and from there the LORD scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

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

10 ¶ These are the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

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

11 A nd Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years and begat sons and daughters.

وَعاشَ سامُ خَمْسَ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ بَعْدَ وِلادَةِ أرْفَكْشادَ. وَقَدْ أنجَبَ بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

12 A nd Arphaxad lived thirty-five years and begat Salah;

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ أرْفَكْشادُ خَمْساً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً أنجَبَ شالَحَ.

13 a nd Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years and begat sons and daughters.

وَعاشَ أرْفَكْشادُ بَعْدَ وِلادَةِ شالَحَ أرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثَ سِنِينَ أنجَبَ خِلالَها بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

14 A nd Salah lived thirty years and begat Eber;

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ شالَحُ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ عابِرَ.

15 a nd Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years and begat sons and daughters.

وَعاشَ شالَحُ بَعْدَ مَولِدِ عابِرَ أرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثَ سِنِينَ أنجَبَ خِلالَها بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

16 A nd Eber lived thirty-four years and begat Peleg;

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ عابِرُ أرْبَعاً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ فالَجَ.

17 a nd Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years and begat sons and daughters.

وَعاشَ عابِرُ بَعْدَ مَولِدِ فالَجَ أرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً أنْجَبَ خِلالَها بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

18 A nd Peleg lived thirty years and begat Reu;

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ فالَجُ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ رَعُواً.

19 a nd Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years and begat sons and daughters.

وَعاشَ فالَجُ بَعْدَ مَولِدِ رَعُوٍ مِئَتَينِ وَتِسْعَ سِنِينَ أنجَبَ خِلالَها بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

20 A nd Reu lived thirty-two years and begat Serug;

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ رَعُوٌ اثْنَتَينِ وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ سَرُوجَ.

21 a nd Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years and begat sons and daughters.

وَعاشَ رَعُوٌ بَعْدَ مَولِدِ سَرُوجَ مِئَتَينِ وَسَبْعَ سِنِينَ أنْجَبَ خِلالَها بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

22 A nd Serug lived thirty years and begat Nahor;

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ سَرُوجُ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ ناحُورَ.

23 a nd Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years and begat sons and daughters.

وَعاشَ سَرُوجُ بَعْدَ مَولِدِ ناحُورَ مِئَتَي سَنَةٍ أنْجَبَ خِلالَها بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

24 A nd Nahor lived twenty-nine years and begat Terah;

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ ناحُورُ تِسْعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ تارَحَ.

25 a nd Nahor lived after he begat Terah one hundred and nineteen years and begat sons and daughters.

وَعاشَ ناحُورُ بَعْدَ مَولِدِ تارَحَ مِئَةً وَتِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، أنجَبَ خِلالَها بَنِينَ آخَرِينَ وَبَناتٍ.

26 A nd Terah lived seventy years and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ تارَحُ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ أبْرامَ وَناحُورَ وَهارانَ. تاريخُ عائلةِ تارَح

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

هَذا سِجِلُّ مَوالِيدِ عائِلَةِ تارَحَ. أنْجَبَ تارَحُ أبْرامَ وَناحُورَ وَهارانَ. وَأنْجَبَ هارانُ لُوطَ.

28 A nd Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nature, in Ur of the Chaldees.

وَماتَ هارانُ قَبلَ أبِيهِ تارَحَ فِي أرْضِ مَولِدِهِ – فِي أُورِ الكِلْدانِيِّينَ.

29 A nd Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves; 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.

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

30 B ut Sarai was barren; she had no child.

وَكانَتْ سارايُ عاقِراً وَلَيسَ لَها ابْنٌ.

31 A nd 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.

وَأخَذَ 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.

32 A nd the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.

وَعاشَ تارَحُ مِئَتَينِ وَخَمْسَ سَنَواتٍ. ثُمَّ ماتَ فِي حارانَ.