1 E s hatte aber alle Welt einerlei Zunge und Sprache.

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

2 D a sie nun zogen gen Morgen, fanden sie ein ebenes Land im Lande Sinear, und wohnten daselbst.

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

3 U nd sie sprachen untereinander: Wohlauf, laß uns Ziegel streichen und brennen! und nahmen Ziegel zu Stein und Erdharz zu Kalk

They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

4 u nd sprachen: Wohlauf, laßt uns eine Stadt und einen Turm bauen, des Spitze bis an den Himmel reiche, daß wir uns einen Namen machen! denn wir werden sonst zerstreut in alle Länder.

They 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.”

5 D a fuhr der HERR hernieder, daß er sähe die Stadt und den Turm, die die Menschenkinder bauten.

Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

6 U nd der HERR sprach: Siehe, es ist einerlei Volk und einerlei Sprache unter ihnen allen, und haben das angefangen zu tun; sie werden nicht ablassen von allem, was sie sich vorgenommen haben zu tun.

Yahweh 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.

7 W ohlauf, laßt uns herniederfahren und ihre Sprache daselbst verwirren, daß keiner des andern Sprache verstehe!

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

8 A lso zerstreute sie der HERR von dort alle Länder, daß sie mußten aufhören die Stadt zu bauen.

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

9 D aher heißt ihr Name Babel, daß der HERR daselbst verwirrt hatte aller Länder Sprache und sie zerstreut von dort in alle Länder.

Therefore 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.

10 D ies sind die Geschlechter Sems: Sem war hundert Jahre alt und zeugte Arphachsad, zwei Jahre nach der Sintflut,

This 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.

11 u nd lebte darnach fünfhundert Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter.

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

12 A rphachsad war fünfunddreißig Jahre alt und zeugte Salah

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

13 u nd lebte darnach vierhundertunddrei Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter.

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

14 S alah war dreißig Jahre alt und zeugte Eber

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

15 u nd lebte darnach vierhundertunddrei Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter.

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

16 E ber war vierunddreißig Jahre alt und zeugte Peleg

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

17 u nd lebte darnach vierhundertunddreißig Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter.

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

18 P eleg war dreißig Jahre alt und zeugte Regu

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

19 u nd lebte darnach zweihundertundneun Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter.

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

20 R egu war zweiundreißig Jahre alt und zeugte Serug

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

21 u nd lebte darnach zweihundertundsieben Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter.

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

22 S erug war dreißig Jahre alt und zeugte Nahor

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

23 u nd lebte darnach zweihundert Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter.

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

24 N ahor war neunundzwanzig Jahre alt und zeugte Tharah

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

25 u nd lebte darnach hundertundneunzehn Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter.

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

26 T harah war siebzig Jahre alt und zeugte Abram, Nahor und Haran.

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

27 D ies sind die Geschlechter Tharahs: Tharah zeugte Abram, Nahor und Haran. Aber Haran zeugte Lot.

Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.

28 H aran aber starb vor seinem Vater Tharah in seinem Vaterlande zu Ur in Chaldäa.

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

29 D a nahmen Abram und Nahor Weiber. Abrams Weib hieß Sarai, und Nahors Weib Milka, Harans Tochter, der ein Vater war der Milka und der Jiska.

Abram 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.

30 A ber Sarai war unfruchtbar und hatte kein Kind.

Sarai was barren. She had no child.

31 D a nahm Tharah seinen Sohn Abram und Lot, seines Sohnes Harans Sohn, und seine Schwiegertochter Sarai, seines Sohnes Abrams Weib, und führte sie aus Ur in Chaldäa, daß er ins Land Kanaan zöge; und sie kamen gen Haran und wohnten daselbst.

Terah 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.

32 U nd Tharah war zweihundertundfünf Jahre alt und starb in Haran.

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