Liber Genesis, 11

1. Erat autem universa terra labii unius et sermonum eo rundem.

1. Now the whole earth had one language and few words.

2. Cumque proficiscerentur de oriente, invenerunt campum in terra Sennaar et habitaverunt in eo.

2. And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

3. Dixitque alter ad proximum suum: “Venite, faciamus lateres et coquamus eos igni”. Habueruntque lateres pro saxis et bitumen pro caemento.

3. And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.

4. Et dixerunt: “Venite, faciamus nobis civitatem et turrim, cuius culmen pertingat ad caelum, et faciamus nobis nomen, ne dividamur super faciem universae terrae”.

4. Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."

5. Descendit autem Dominus, ut videret civitatem et turrim, quam aedificaverunt filii hominum,

5. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built.

6. et dixit Dominus: “Ecce unus est populus et unum labium omnibus; et hoc est initium operationis eorum, nec eis erit deinceps difficile, quidquid cogitaverint facere.

6. And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

7. Venite igitur, descendamus et confundamus ibi linguam eorum, ut non intellegat unusquisque vocem proximi sui”.

7. Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."

8. Atque ita divisit eos Dominus ex illo loco super faciem universae terrae, et cessaverunt aedificare civitatem.

8. So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.

9. Et idcirco vocatum est nomen eius Babel, quia ibi confusum est labium universae terrae, et inde dispersit eos Dominus super faciem universae terrae.

9. Therefore its name was called Ba'bel, 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.

10. Hae sunt generationes Sem. Sem centum erat annorum, quando genuit Arphaxad biennio post diluvium;

10. These are the descendants of Shem. When Shem was a hundred years old, he became the father of Arpach'shad two years after the flood;

11. vixitque Sem, postquam genuit Arphaxad, quingentos annos et genuit filios et filias.

11. and Shem lived after the birth of Arpach'shad five hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.

12. Porro Arphaxad vixit triginta quinque annos et genuit Sala.

12. When Arpach'shad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah;

13. Vixitque Arphaxad, postquam genuit Sala, quadringentis tribus annis et genuit filios et filias.

13. and Arpach'shad lived after the birth of Shelah four hundred and three years, and had other sons and daughters.

14. Sala quoque vixit triginta annis et genuit Heber.

14. When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber;

15. Vixitque Sala, postquam genuit Heber, quadringentis tribus annis et genuit filios et filias.

15. and Shelah lived after the birth of Eber four hundred and three years, and had other sons and daughters.

16. Vixit autem Heber triginta quattuor annis et genuit Phaleg.

16. When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg;

17. Et vixit Heber, postquam genuit Phaleg, quadringentis triginta annis et genuit filios et filias.

17. and Eber lived after the birth of Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and had other sons and daughters.

18. Vixit quoque Phaleg triginta annis et genuit Reu.

18. When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Re'u;

19. Vixitque Phaleg, postquam genuit Reu, ducentis novem annis et genuit filios et filias.

19. and Peleg lived after the birth of Re'u two hundred and nine years, and had other sons and daughters.

20. Vixit autem Reu triginta duobus annis et genuit Seruch.

20. When Re'u had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug;

21. Vixitque Reu, postquam genuit Seruch, ducentis septem annis et genuit filios et filias.

21. and Re'u lived after the birth of Serug two hundred and seven years, and had other sons and daughters.

22. Vixit vero Seruch triginta annis et genuit Nachor.

22. When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor;

23. Vixitque Seruch, postquam genuit Nachor, ducentos annos et genuit filios et filias.

23. and Serug lived after the birth of Nahor two hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.

24. Vixit autem Nachor viginti novem annis et genuit Thare.

24. When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah;

25. Vixitque Nachor, postquam genuit Thare, centum decem et novem annos et genuit filios et filias.

25. and Nahor lived after the birth of Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and had other sons and daughters.

26. Vixitque Thare septuaginta annis et genuit Abram, Nachor et Aran.

26. When Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27. Hae sunt autem generationes Thare. Thare genuit Abram, Nachor et Aran. Porro Aran genuit Lot;

27. Now these are the descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.

28. mortuusque est Aran ante Thare patrem suum in terra nativitatis suae in Ur Chaldaeorum.

28. Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chalde'ans.

29. Duxerunt autem Abram et Nachor uxores: nomen uxoris Abram Sarai, et nomen uxoris Nachor Melcha, filia Aran patris Melchae et patris Ieschae.

29. And Abram and Nahor took wives; the name of Abram's wife was Sar'ai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.

30. Erat autem Sarai sterilis nec habebat liberos.

30. Now Sar'ai was barren; she had no child.

31. Tulitque Thare Abram filium suum et Lot filium Aran filium filii sui et Sarai nurum suam, uxorem Abram filii sui, et eduxit eos de Ur Chaldaeorum, ut irent in terram Chanaan. Veneruntque usque Charran et habitaverunt ibi.

31. Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sar'ai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chalde'ans to go into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran, they settled there.

32. Et facti sunt dies Thare ducentorum quinque annorum, et mortuus est in Charran.

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