1 T he whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الأرْضِ إلّا لُغَةٌ واحِدَةٌ لَها مُفْرَداتٌ مَحْدُودَةٌ.

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

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

3 T hey said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

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

4 T hey 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.”

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

5 Y ahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

وَنَزَلَ اللهُ لِيَرَى المَدِينَةَ وَالبُرْجَ اللَّذَينِ بَناهُما النّاسُ.

6 Y ahweh 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.

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

7 C ome, let’s 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 Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.

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

9 T herefore 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.

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 history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.

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

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

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

12 A rpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ أرْفَكْشادُ خَمْساً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً أنجَبَ شالَحَ.

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

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

14 S helah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ شالَحُ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ عابِرَ.

15 S helah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more 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 became the father of Peleg.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ عابِرُ أرْبَعاً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ فالَجَ.

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

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

18 P eleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ فالَجُ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ رَعُواً.

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

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

20 R eu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ رَعُوٌ اثْنَتَينِ وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ سَرُوجَ.

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

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

22 S erug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ سَرُوجُ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ ناحُورَ.

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

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

24 N ahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ ناحُورُ تِسْعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، أنْجَبَ تارَحَ.

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

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

26 T erah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

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

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

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

28 H aran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.

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

29 A bram 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.

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 S arai was barren. She had no child.

وَكانَتْ سارايُ عاقِراً وَلَيسَ لَها ابْنٌ.

31 T erah 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.

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

وَعاشَ تارَحُ مِئَتَينِ وَخَمْسَ سَنَواتٍ. ثُمَّ ماتَ فِي حارانَ.