1 N ow the whole earth had one language and 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 T hen they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.

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

4 A nd they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over 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 B ut the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

وَنَزَلَ اللهُ لِيَرَى المَدِينَةَ وَالبُرْجَ اللَّذَينِ بَناهُما النّاسُ.

6 A nd the Lord said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.

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

7 C ome, let Us go down and there confuse 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 over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.

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

9 T herefore its name is called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth. Shem’s Descendants

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

10 T his is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot 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 fter he begot Arphaxad, Shem lived five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

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

12 A rphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Salah.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ أرْفَكْشادُ خَمْساً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً أنجَبَ شالَحَ.

13 A fter he begot Salah, Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

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

14 S alah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ شالَحُ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ عابِرَ.

15 A fter he begot Eber, Salah lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

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

16 E ber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ عابِرُ أرْبَعاً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ فالَجَ.

17 A fter he begot Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.

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

18 P eleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ فالَجُ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ رَعُواً.

19 A fter he begot Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.

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

20 R eu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ رَعُوٌ اثْنَتَينِ وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ سَرُوجَ.

21 A fter he begot Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.

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

22 S erug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ سَرُوجُ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ ناحُورَ.

23 A fter he begot Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

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

24 N ahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ ناحُورُ تِسْعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ تارَحَ.

25 A fter he begot Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

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

26 N ow Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Terah’s Descendants

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

27 T his is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.

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

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

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

29 T hen Abram and Nahor took 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.

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 his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to 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 S o the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.

وَعاشَ تارَحُ مِئَتَينِ وَخَمْسَ سَنَواتٍ. ثُمَّ ماتَ فِي حارانَ.