Genesis 11

وَكَانَتِ الأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا لِسَانًا وَاحِدًا وَلُغَةً وَاحِدَةً.

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

وَحَدَثَ فِي ارْتِحَالِهِمْ شَرْقًا أَنَّهُمْ وَجَدُوا بُقْعَةً فِي أَرْضِ شِنْعَارَ وَسَكَنُوا هُنَاكَ.

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.

وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «هَلُمَّ نَصْنَعُ لِبْنًا وَنَشْوِيهِ شَيًّا». فَكَانَ لَهُمُ اللِّبْنُ مَكَانَ الْحَجَرِ، وَكَانَ لَهُمُ الْحُمَرُ مَكَانَ الطِّينِ.

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.

وَقَالُوا: «هَلُمَّ نَبْنِ لأَنْفُسِنَا مَدِينَةً وَبُرْجًا رَأْسُهُ بِالسَّمَاءِ. وَنَصْنَعُ لأَنْفُسِنَا اسْمًا لِئَلاَّ نَتَبَدَّدَ عَلَى وَجْهِ كُلِّ الأَرْضِ».

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.

فَنَزَلَ الرَّبُّ لِيَنْظُرَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَالْبُرْجَ اللَّذَيْنِ كَانَ بَنُو آدَمَ يَبْنُونَهُمَا.

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

وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ وَاحِدٌ وَلِسَانٌ وَاحِدٌ لِجَمِيعِهِمْ، وَهذَا ابْتِدَاؤُهُمْ بِالْعَمَلِ. وَالآنَ لاَ يَمْتَنِعُ عَلَيْهِمْ كُلُّ مَا يَنْوُونَ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوهُ.

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.

هَلُمَّ نَنْزِلْ وَنُبَلْبِلْ هُنَاكَ لِسَانَهُمْ حَتَّى لاَ يَسْمَعَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِسَانَ بَعْضٍ».

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

فَبَدَّدَهُمُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ هُنَاكَ عَلَى وَجْهِ كُلِّ الأَرْضِ، فَكَفُّوا عَنْ بُنْيَانِ الْمَدِينَةِ،

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

لِذلِكَ دُعِيَ اسْمُهَا «بَابِلَ» لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُنَاكَ بَلْبَلَ لِسَانَ كُلِّ الأَرْضِ. وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ بَدَّدَهُمُ الرَّبُّ عَلَى وَجْهِ كُلِّ الأَرْضِ.

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.

هذِهِ مَوَالِيدُ سَامٍ: لَمَّا كَانَ سَامٌ ابْنَ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ وَلَدَ أَرْفَكْشَادَ، بَعْدَ الطُّوفَانِ بِسَنَتَيْنِ.

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

وَعَاشَ سَامٌ بَعْدَ مَا وَلَدَ أَرْفَكْشَادَ خَمْسَ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ، وَوَلَدَ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ.

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

وَعَاشَ أَرْفَكْشَادُ خَمْسًا وَثَلاَثِينَ سَنَةً وَوَلَدَ شَالَحَ.

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

وَعَاشَ أَرْفَكْشَادُ بَعْدَ مَا وَلَدَ شَالَحَ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاَثَ سِنِينَ، وَوَلَدَ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ.

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

وَعَاشَ شَالَحُ ثَلاَثِينَ سَنَةً وَوَلَدَ عَابِرَ.

And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

وَعَاشَ شَالَحُ بَعْدَ مَا وَلَدَ عَابِرَ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاَثَ سِنِينَ، وَوَلَدَ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ.

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

وَعَاشَ عَابِرُ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلاَثِينَ سَنَةً وَوَلَدَ فَالَجَ.

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

وَعَاشَ عَابِرُ بَعْدَ مَا وَلَدَ فَالَجَ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاَثِينَ سَنَةً، وَوَلَدَ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ.

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

وَعَاشَ فَالَجُ ثَلاَثِينَ سَنَةً وَوَلَدَ رَعُوَ.

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

وَعَاشَ فَالَجُ بَعْدَ مَا وَلَدَ رَعُوَ مِئَتَيْنِ وَتِسْعَ سِنِينَ، وَوَلَدَ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ.

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

وَعَاشَ رَعُو اثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَلاَثِينَ سَنَةً وَوَلَدَ سَرُوجَ.

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

وَعَاشَ رَعُو بَعْدَ مَا وَلَدَ سَرُوجَ مِئَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعَ سِنِينَ، وَوَلَدَ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ.

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

وَعَاشَ سَرُوجُ ثَلاَثِينَ سَنَةً وَوَلَدَ نَاحُورَ.

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

وَعَاشَ سَرُوجُ بَعْدَ مَا وَلَدَ نَاحُورَ مِئَتَيْ سَنَةٍ، وَوَلَدَ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ.

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

وَعَاشَ نَاحُورُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً وَوَلَدَ تَارَحَ.

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

وَعَاشَ نَاحُورُ بَعْدَ مَا وَلَدَ تَارَحَ مِئَةً وَتِسْعَ عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً، وَوَلَدَ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ.

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

وَعَاشَ تَارَحُ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً، وَوَلَدَ أَبْرَامَ وَنَاحُورَ وَهَارَانَ.

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

وَهذِهِ مَوَالِيدُ تَارَحَ: وَلَدَ تَارَحُ أَبْرَامَ وَنَاحُورَ وَهَارَانَ. وَوَلَدَ هَارَانُ لُوطًا.

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

وَمَاتَ هَارَانُ قَبْلَ تَارَحَ أَبِيهِ فِي أَرْضِ مِيلاَدِهِ فِي أُورِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ.

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

وَاتَّخَذَ أَبْرَامُ وَنَاحُورُ لأَنْفُسِهِمَا امْرَأَتَيْنِ: اسْمُ امْرَأَةِ أَبْرَامَ سَارَايُ، وَاسْمُ امْرَأَةِ نَاحُورَ مِلْكَةُ بِنْتُ هَارَانَ، أَبِي مِلْكَةَ وَأَبِي يِسْكَةَ.

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.

وَكَانَتْ سَارَايُ عَاقِرًا لَيْسَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ.

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

وَأَخَذَ تَارَحُ أَبْرَامَ ابْنَهُ، وَلُوطًا بْنَ هَارَانَ، ابْنَ ابْنِهِ، وَسَارَايَ كَنَّتَهُ امْرَأَةَ أَبْرَامَ ابْنِهِ، فَخَرَجُوا مَعًا مِنْ أُورِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ لِيَذْهَبُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. فَأَتَوْا إِلَى حَارَانَ وَأَقَامُوا هُنَاكَ.

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.

وَكَانَتْ أَيَّامُ تَارَحَ مِئَتَيْنِ وَخَمْسَ سِنِينَ. وَمَاتَ تَارَحُ فِي حَارَانَ.

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