¹ Byla pak všecka země jazyku jednoho a řeči jedné.

² I stalo se, když se brali od východu, nalezli pole v zemi Sinear, a bydlili tam.

³ A řekli jeden druhému: Nuže, nadělejme cihel, a vypalme je ohněm. I měli cihly místo kamení, a zemi lepkou místo vápna.

⁴ Nebo řekli: Nuže, vystavějme sobě město a věži, jejíž by vrch dosahal k nebi; a tak učiňme sobě jméno, abychom nebyli rozptýleni po vší zemi.

⁵ Sstoupil pak Hospodin, aby viděl to město a věži, kterouž stavěli synové lidští.

⁶ A řekl Hospodin: Aj, lid jeden a jazyk jeden všechněch těchto, a toť jest začátek díla jejich; nyní pak nedadí sobě v tom překaziti, což umínili dělati.

⁷ Protož sstupme a změťme tam jazyk jejich, aby jeden druhého jazyku nerozuměl.

⁸ A tak rozptýlil je Hospodin odtud po vší zemi; i přestali stavěti města toho.

⁹ Protož nazváno jest jméno jeho Bábel; nebo tu zmátl Hospodin jazyk vší země; a odtud rozptýlil je Hospodin po vší zemi.

¹⁰ Titoť jsou rodové Semovi: Sem, když byl ve stu letech, zplodil Arfaxada ve dvou letech po potopě.

¹¹ A byl živ Sem po zplození Arfaxada pět set let; a plodil syny a dcery.

¹² Arfaxad pak živ byl pět a třidceti let, a zplodil Sále.

¹³ A po zplození Sále živ byl Arfaxad čtyři sta a tři léta; a plodil syny a dcery.

¹⁴ Sále také živ byl třidceti let, a zplodil Hebera.

¹⁵ A živ byl Sále po zplození Hebera čtyři sta a tři léta; a plodil syny a dcery.

¹⁶ Živ pak byl Heber čtyři a třidceti let, a zplodil Pelega.

¹⁷ A živ byl Heber po zplození Pelega čtyři sta a třidceti let; a plodil syny a dcery.

¹⁸ Peleg pak živ byl třidceti let, a zplodil Réhu.

¹⁹ A živ byl Peleg po zplození Réhu dvě stě a devět let; a plodil syny a dcery.

²⁰ Réhu také živ byl třidceti a dvě létě, a zplodil Sáruga.

²¹ A po zplození Sáruga živ byl Réhu dvě stě a sedm let; a plodil syny a dcery.

²² Živ pak byl Sárug třidceti let, a zplodil Náchora.

²³ A byl živ Sárug po zplození Náchora dvě stě let; a plodil syny a dcery.

²⁴ Náchor pak živ byl dvadceti a devět let, a zplodil Táre.

²⁵ A živ byl Náchor po zplození Táre sto a devatenácte let; a plodil syny a dcery.

²⁶ Živ pak byl Táre sedmdesáte let, a zplodil Abrama, Náchora a Hárana.

²⁷ Tito jsou pak rodové Táre: Táre zplodil Abrama, Náchora a Hárana; Háran pak zplodil Lota.

²⁸ Umřel pak Háran prvé než Táre otec jeho v zemi narození svého, totiž v Ur Kaldejských.

²⁹ I zpojímali sobě ženy Abram a Náchor; jméno ženy Abramovy Sarai, a jméno ženy Náchorovy Melcha, dcera Háranova, kterýž byl otec Melchy a Jeschy.

³⁰ Byla pak Sarai neplodná, a neměla dětí.

³¹ I vzal Táre Abrama syna svého, a Lota syna Háranova, vnuka svého, a Sarai nevěstu svou, ženu Abrama syna svého, a vyšli spolu z Ur Kaldejských, aby se brali do země Kananejské, a přišli až do Cháran, a bydlili tam.

³² A byli dnové Táre dvě stě a pět let; i umřel Táre v Cháran.

¹ The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

² It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.

³ They said one to another, "Come, let's make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

⁴ They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."

⁵ Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

⁶ Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

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

⁸ So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.

⁹ Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

¹⁰ This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.

¹¹ Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of sons and daughters.

¹² Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.

¹³ Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of sons and daughters.

¹⁴ Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber:

¹⁵ and Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of sons and daughters.

¹⁶ Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.

¹⁷ Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of sons and daughters.

¹⁸ Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.

¹⁹ Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of sons and daughters.

²⁰ Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.

²¹ Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of sons and daughters.

²² Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.

²³ Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of sons and daughters.

²⁴ Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.

²⁵ Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of sons and daughters.

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

²⁷ Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.

²⁸ Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.

²⁹ Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.

³⁰ Sarai was barren. She had no child.

³¹ Terah 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 forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.

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