4
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.
l'D.gim.W ryi[ .Wn'L -h,n.bin h'b'h .Wr.ma{Y;w ? #.Wp'n -n,P ~ev .Wn'L -h,f][;n.w ~Iy;m'V;b w{va{r.w ? #,r'a'h -l'k yen.P -l;[
5
And the
LORD came
down to
see the
city and the
tower, which the
children of
men builded.
l'D.giM;h -t,a.w ryi['h -t,a t{a.ril h'wh.y d,reY;w ? ~'d'a'h yen.B .Wn'B r,v]a
6
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.
~'LUk.l t;x;a h'p'f.w d'x,a ~;[ !eh h'wh.y r,ma{Y;w ? ~,hem rec'BIy -a{l h'T;[.w tw{f][;l ~'Lix;h h,z.w ? tw{f][;l .Wm.z'y r,v]a l{K
7
Go
to, let us go
down, and there
confound their
language, that they may not
understand one another's speech.
.W[.m.vIy a{l r,v]a ~'t'p.f ~'v h'l.b'n.w h'd.ren h'b'h ? .Whe[er t;p.f vyia
8
So the
LORD scattered them
abroad from
thence upon the
face of all the
earth: and they left
off to
build the
city.
#,r'a'h -l'k yen.P -l;[ ~'Vim ~'t{a h'wh.y #,p'Y;w ? ryi['h t{n.bil .Wl.D.x;Y;w
9
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.
h'wh.y l;l'B ~'v -yiK l,b'B H'm.v a'r'q !eK -l;[ ? yen.P -l;[ h'wh.y ~'cyip/h ~'Vim.W #,r'a'h -l'K t;p.f ? #,r'a'h -l'K
10
These are the
generations of
Shem: Shem was an
hundred years old, and
begat Arphaxad two
years after the
flood:
d,lw{Y;w h'n'v t;a.m -n,B ~ev ~ev t{d.lw{T h,Lea ? l.WB;M;h r;x;a ~Iy;t'n.v d'v.k;P.r;a -t,a
11
And
Shem lived after he
begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and
begat sons and
daughters.
d'v.k;P.r;a -t,a w{dyilw{h yer]x;a ~ev -yix.y;w ? tw{n'b.W ~yin'B d,lw{Y;w h'n'v tw{aem vem]x
12
And
Arphaxad lived five and
thirty years, and
begat Salah:
d,lw{Y;w h'n'v ~yiv{l.v.W vem'x y;x d;v.k;P.r;a.w ? x;l'v -t,a
13
And
Arphaxad lived after he
begat Salah four hundred and three years, and
begat sons and
daughters.
x;l,v -t,a w{dyilw{h yer]x;a d;v.k;P.r;a yix.y;w ? ~yin'B d,lw{Y;w h'n'v tw{aem [;B.r;a.w ~yin'v v{l'v ? tw{n'b.W
14
And
Salah lived thirty years, and
begat Eber:
r,be[ -t,a d,lw{Y;w h'n'v ~yiv{l.v y;x x;l,v.w