1At first, the people of the whole world had only one language and used the same words. 2As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Babylonia and settled there. 3They said to one another, "Come on! Let's make bricks and bake them hard." So they had bricks to build with and tar to hold them together. 4They said, "Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth." 5Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which they had built, 6and he said, "Now then, these are all one people and they speak one language; this is just the beginning of what they are going to do. Soon they will be able to do anything they want! 7Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand each other." 8So the LORD scattered them all over the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9The city was called Babylon, because there the LORD mixed up the language of all the people, and from there he scattered them all over the earth.
10These are the descendants of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he had a son, Arpachshad. 11After that, he lived another 500 years and had other children. 12When Arpachshad was 35 years old, he had a son, Shelah; 13after that, he lived another 403 years and had other children. 14When Shelah was 30 years old, he had a son, Eber; 15after that, he lived another 403 years and had other children. 16When Eber was 34 years old, he had a son, Peleg; 17after that, he lived another 430 years and had other children. 18When Peleg was 30 years old, he had a son, Reu; 19after that, he lived another 209 years and had other children. 20When Reu was 32 years old, he had a son, Serug; 21after that, he lived another 207 years and had other children. 22When Serug was 30 years old, he had a son, Nahor; 23after that, he lived another 200 years and had other children. 24When Nahor was 29 years old, he had a son, Terah; 25after that, he lived another 119 years and had other children. 26After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27These are the descendants of Terah, who was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot, 28and Haran died in his hometown of Ur in Babylonia, while his father was still living. 29Abram married Sarai, and Nahor married Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah. 30Sarai was not able to have children. 31Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, who was the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, Abram's wife, and with them he left the city of Ur in Babylonia to go to the land of Canaan. They went as far as Haran and settled there. 32Terah died there at the age of 205.
maltose (09/12/2008)
巴别塔
The Tower of Babylon
1那时，天下人的口音言语都是一样。2他们往东边迁移的时候，在示拿地遇见一片平原，就住在那里。3他们彼此商量说：“来吧，我们要作砖，把砖烧透了。”他们就拿砖当石头，又拿石漆当灰泥。4他们说：“来吧，我们要建造一座城和一座塔，塔顶通天，为要传扬我们的名，免得我们分散在全地上。”5耶和华降临，要看看世人所建造的城和塔。6耶和华说：“看哪，他们成为一样的人民，都是一样的言语，如今既作起这事来，以后他们所要作的事就没有不成就的了。7我们下去，在那里变乱他们的口音，使他们的言语彼此不通。”8于是，耶和华使他们从那里分散在全地上，他们就停工不造那城了。9因为耶和华在那里变乱天下人的言语，使众人分散在全地上，所以那城名叫巴别（就是“变乱”的意思）。
1At first, the people of the whole world had only one language and used the same words. 2As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Babylonia and settled there. 3They said to one another, "Come on! Let's make bricks and bake them hard." So they had bricks to build with and tar to hold them together. 4They said, "Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth."
5Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which they had built, 6and he said, "Now then, these are all one people and they speak one language; this is just the beginning of what they are going to do. Soon they will be able to do anything they want! 7Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand each other." 8So the LORD scattered them all over the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9The city was called Babylon, because there the LORD mixed up the language of all the people, and from there he scattered them all over the earth.
闪的后代（代上1:24-27）
The Descendants of Shem
(1 Chronicles 1.24-27)
10闪的后代记在下面：洪水以后二年，闪一百岁生了亚法撒。11闪生亚法撒之后，又活了五百年，并且生儿养女。
12亚法撒活到三十五岁，生了沙拉。13亚法撒生沙拉之后，又活了四百零三年，并且生儿养女。
14沙拉活到三十岁，生了希伯。15沙拉生希伯之后，又活了四百零三年，并且生儿养女。
16希伯活到三十四岁，生了法勒。17希伯生法勒之后，又活了四百三十年，并且生儿养女。
18法勒活到三十岁，生了拉吴。19法勒生拉吴之后，又活了二百零九年，并且生儿养女。
20拉吴活到三十二岁，生了西鹿。21拉吴生西鹿之后，又活了二百零七年，并且生儿养女。
22西鹿活到三十岁，生了拿鹤。23西鹿生拿鹤之后，又活了二百年，并且生儿养女。
24拿鹤活到二十九岁，生了他拉。25拿鹤生他拉之后，又活了一百一十九年，并且生儿养女。
26他拉活到七十岁，生了亚伯兰、拿鹤、哈兰。
10These are the descendants of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he had a son, Arpachshad. 11After that, he lived another 500 years and had other children.
12When Arpachshad was 35 years old, he had a son, Shelah; 13after that, he lived another 403 years and had other children.
14When Shelah was 30 years old, he had a son, Eber; 15after that, he lived another 403 years and had other children.
16When Eber was 34 years old, he had a son, Peleg; 17after that, he lived another 430 years and had other children.
18When Peleg was 30 years old, he had a son, Reu; 19after that, he lived another 209 years and had other children.
20When Reu was 32 years old, he had a son, Serug; 21after that, he lived another 207 years and had other children.
22When Serug was 30 years old, he had a son, Nahor; 23after that, he lived another 200 years and had other children.
24When Nahor was 29 years old, he had a son, Terah; 25after that, he lived another 119 years and had other children.
26After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
他拉的后代
The Descendants of Terah
27他拉的后代记在下面：他拉生亚伯兰、拿鹤、哈兰。哈兰生罗得。28哈兰死在他的本地迦勒底的吾珥，在他父亲他拉之先。29亚伯兰、拿鹤各娶了妻：亚伯兰的妻子名叫撒莱；拿鹤的妻子名叫密迦，是哈兰的女儿；哈兰是密迦和亦迦的父亲。30撒莱不生育，没有孩子。
31他拉带着他儿子亚伯兰和他孙子哈兰的儿子罗得，并他儿妇亚伯兰的妻子撒莱，出了迦勒底的吾珥，要往迦南地去。他们走到哈兰就住在那里。32他拉共活了二百零五岁，就死在哈兰。
27These are the descendants of Terah, who was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot, 28and Haran died in his hometown of Ur in Babylonia, while his father was still living. 29Abram married Sarai, and Nahor married Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah. 30Sarai was not able to have children.
31Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, who was the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, Abram's wife, and with them he left the city of Ur in Babylonia to go to the land of Canaan. They went as far as Haran and settled there. 32Terah died there at the age of 205.