Génesis 11
Riveduta 1927
1Or tutta la terra parlava la stessa lingua e usava le stesse parole.
2E avvenne che, essendo partiti verso l’Oriente, gli uomini trovarono una pianura nel paese di Scinear, e quivi si stanziarono.
3E dissero l’uno all’altro: “Orsù, facciamo dei mattoni e cociamoli col fuoco!” E si valsero di mattoni invece di pietre, e di bitume invece di calcina.
4E dissero: “Orsù, edifichiamoci una città ed una torre di cui la cima giunga fino al cielo, e acquistiamoci fama, onde non siamo dispersi sulla faccia di tutta la terra”.
5E l’Eterno discese per vedere la città e la torre che i figliuoli degli uomini edificavano.
6E l’Eterno disse: “Ecco, essi sono un solo popolo e hanno tutti il medesimo linguaggio; e questo è il principio del loro lavoro; ora nulla li impedirà di condurre a termine ciò che disegnano di fare.
7Orsù, scendiamo e confondiamo quivi il loro linguaggio, sicché l’uno non capisca il parlare dell’altro!”
8Così l’Eterno li disperse di la sulla faccia di tutta la terra, ed essi cessarono di edificare la città.
9Perciò a questa fu dato il nome di Babel perché l’Eterno confuse quivi il linguaggio di tutta la terra, e di la l’Eterno li disperse sulla faccia di tutta la terra.
10Questa è la posterità di Sem. Sem, all’età di cent’anni, generò Arpacshad, due anni dopo il diluvio.
11E Sem, dopo ch’ebbe generato Arpacshad, visse cinquecento anni e generò figliuoli e figliuole.
12Arpacshad visse trentacinque anni e generò Scelah; e Arpacshad, dopo aver generato Scelah,
13visse quattrocento anni e generò figliuoli e figliuole.
14Scelah visse trent’anni e generò Eber;
15e Scelah, dopo aver generato Eber, visse quattrocentotre anni e generò figliuoli e figliuole.
16Eber visse trentaquattro anni e generò Peleg;
17ed Eber, dopo aver generato Peleg, visse quattrocento trenta anni e generò figliuoli e figliuole.
18Peleg visse trent’anni e generò Reu;
19e Peleg, dopo aver generato Reu, visse duecentonove anni e generò figliuoli e figliuole.
20Reu visse trentadue anni e generò Serug;
21e Reu, dopo aver generato Serug, visse duecentosette anni e generò figliuoli e figliuole.
22Serug visse trent’anni e generò Nahor;
23e Serug, dopo aver generato Nahor, visse duecento anni e generò figliuoli e figliuole.
24Nahor visse ventinove anni e generò Terah;
25e Nahor, dopo aver generato Terah, visse centodiciannove anni e generò figliuoli e figliuole.
26Terah visse settant’anni e generò Abramo, Nahor e Haran.
27E questa è la posterità di Terah. Terah generò Abramo, Nahor e Haran; e Haran generò Lot.
28Haran morì in presenza di Terah suo padre, nel suo paese nativo, in Ur de’ Caldei.
29E Abramo e Nahor si presero delle mogli; il nome della moglie d’Abramo era Sarai; e il nome della moglie di Nahor, Milca, ch’era figliuola di Haran, padre di Milca e padre di Isca.
30E Sarai era sterile; non aveva figliuoli.
31E Terah prese Abramo, suo figliuolo, e Lot, figliuolo di Haran, cioè figliuolo del suo figliuolo, e Sarai sua nuora, moglie d’Abramo suo figliuolo, e uscirono insieme da Ur de’ Caldei per andare nel paese di Canaan; e, giunti a Charan, dimorarono quivi.
32E il tempo che Terah visse fu duecentocinque anni; poi Terah morì in Charan.
Reina-Valera 1909
1ERA entonces toda la tierra de una lengua y unas mismas palabras.
2Y aconteció que, como se partieron de oriente, hallaron una vega en la tierra de Shinar, y asentaron allí.
3Y dijeron los unos á los otros: Vaya, hagamos ladrillo y cozámoslo con fuego. Y fuéles el ladrillo en lugar de piedra, y el betún en lugar de mezcla.
4Y dijeron: Vamos, edifiquémonos una ciudad y una torre, cuya cúspide llegue al cielo; y hagámonos un nombre, por si fuéremos esparcidos sobre la faz de toda la tierra.
5Y descendió Jehová para ver la ciudad y la torre que edificaban los hijos de los hombres.
6Y dijo Jehová: He aquí el pueblo es uno, y todos éstos tienen un lenguaje: y han comenzado á obrar, y nada les retraerá ahora de lo que han pensando hacer.
7Ahora pues, descendamos, y confundamos allí sus lenguas, para que ninguno entienda el habla de su compañero.
8Así los esparció Jehová desde allí sobre la faz de toda la tierra, y dejaron de edificar la ciudad.
9Por esto fué llamado el nombre de ella Babel, porque allí confundió Jehová el lenguaje de toda la tierra, y desde allí los esparció sobre la faz de toda la tierra.
10Estas son las generaciones de Sem: Sem, de edad de cien años, engendró á Arphaxad, dos años después del diluvio.
11Y vivió Sem, después que engendró á Arphaxad, quinientos años, y engendró hijos é hijas.
12Y Arphaxad vivió treinta y cinco años, y engendró á Sala.
13Y vivió Arphaxad, después que engendró á Sala, cuatrocientos y tres años, y engendró hijos é hijas.
14Y vivió Sala treinta años, y engendró á Heber.
15Y vivió Sala, después que engendró á Heber, cuatrocientos y tres años, y engendró hijos é hijas.
16Y vivió Heber treinta y cuatro años, y engendró á Peleg.
17Y vivió Heber, después que engendró á Peleg, cuatrocientos y treinta años, y engendró hijos é hijas.
18Y vivió Peleg treinta años, y engendró á Reu.
19Y vivió Peleg, después que engendró á Reu, doscientos y nueve años, y engendró hijos é hijas.
20Y Reu vivió treinta y dos años, y engendró á Serug.
21Y vivió Reu, después que engendró á Serug, doscientos y siete años, y engendró hijos é hijas.
22Y vivió Serug treinta años, y engendró á Nachôr.
23Y vivió Serug, después que engendró á Nachôr, doscientos años, y engendró hijos é hijas.
24Y vivió Nachôr veintinueve años, y engendró á Thare.
25Y vivió Nachôr, después que engendró á Thare, ciento diecinueve años, y engendró hijos é hijas.
26Y vivió Thare setenta años, y engendró á Abram, y á Nachôr, y á Harán.
27Estas son las generaciones de Thare: Thare engendró á Abram, y á Nachôr, y á Harán; y Harán engendró á Lot.
28Y murió Harán antes que su padre Thare en la tierra de su naturaleza, en Ur de los Caldeos.
29Y tomaron Abram y Nachôr para sí mujeres: el nombre de la mujer de Abram fué Sarai, y el nombre de la mujer de Nachôr, Milca, hija de Harán, padre de Milca y de Isca.
30Mas Sarai fué estéril, y no tenía hijo.
31Y tomó Thare á Abram su hijo, y á Lot hijo de Harán, hijo de su hijo, y á Sarai su nuera, mujer de Abram su hijo: y salió con ellos de Ur de los Caldeos, para ir á la tierra de Canaán: y vinieron hasta Harán, y asentaron allí.
32Y fueron los días de Thare doscientos y cinco años; y murió Thare en Harán.
King James Version
1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3And 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.
4And 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.
5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6And 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.
7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9Therefore 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.
10These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
14And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
15And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
16And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
17And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
18And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
20And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
21And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
22And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
23And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29And 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.
30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31And 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.
32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
World English Bible
1The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
3They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
4They 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.”
5The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
6The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
7Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
8So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
9Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
10This 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.
11Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
12Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.
13Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
14Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
15Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
16Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
17Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
18Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
19Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
20Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
21Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
22Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
23Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
24Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
25Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
26Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
28Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
29Abram 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.
30Sarai was barren. She had no child.
31Terah 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.
32The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.