¹ A beše na celoj zemlji jedan jezik i jednake reči.

² A kad otidoše od istoka, nađoše ravnicu u zemlji senarskoj, i naseliše se onde.

³ Pa rekoše među sobom: Hajde da pravimo ploče i da ih u vatri pečemo. I behu im opeke mesto kamena i smola zemljana mesto kreča.

⁴ Posle rekoše: Hajde da sazidamo grad i kulu, kojoj će vrh biti do neba, da stečemo sebi ime, da se ne bismo rasejali po zemlji.

⁵ A Gospod siđe da vidi grad i kulu, što zidahu sinovi čovečiji.

⁶ I reče Gospod: Gle, narod jedan, i jedan jezik u svih, i to počeše raditi, i neće im smetati ništa da ne urade šta su naumili.

⁷ Hajde da siđemo, i da im pometemo jezik, da ne razumeju jedan drugog šta govore.

⁸ Tako ih Gospod rasu odande po svoj zemlji, te ne sazidaše grada.

⁹ Zato se prozva Vavilon, jer onde pomete Gospod jezik cele zemlje, i odande ih rasu Gospod po svoj zemlji.

¹⁰ Ovo je pleme Simovo: beše Simu sto godina, kad rodi Arfaksada, druge godine posle potopa.

¹¹ A rodiv Arfaksada požive Sim pet stotina godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri.

¹² A Arfaksad požive trideset i pet godina, i rodi Salu;

¹³ A rodiv Salu požive Arfaksad četiri stotine i tri godine, rađajući sinove i kćeri.

¹⁴ A Sala požive trideset godina, i rodi Evera;

¹⁵ A rodiv Evera požive Sala četiri stotine i tri godine, rađajući sinove i kćeri.

¹⁶ A Ever požive trideset i četiri godine, i rodi Faleka;

¹⁷ A rodiv Faleka požive Ever četiri stotine i trideset godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri.

¹⁸ A Falek požive trideset godina, i rodi Ragava;

¹⁹ A rodiv Ragava požive Falek dvesta i devet godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri.

²⁰ A Ragav požive trideset i dve godine, i rodi Seruha;

²¹ A rodiv Seruha požive Ragav dvesta i sedam godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri.

²² A Seruh požive trideset godina, i rodi Nahora;

²³ A rodiv Nahora požive Seruh dvesta godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri.

²⁴ A Nahor požive dvadeset i devet godina, i rodi Taru;

²⁵ A rodiv Taru požive Nahor sto i devetnaest godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri.

²⁶ A Tara požive sedamdeset godina, i rodi Avrama, Nahora i Arana.

²⁷ A ovo je pleme Tarino: Tara rodi Avrama, Nahora i Arana; a Aran rodi Lota.

²⁸ I umre Aran pre Tare oca svog na postojbini svojoj, u Uru haldejskom.

²⁹ I oženi se Avram i Nahor, i ženi Avramovoj beše ime Sara a ženi Nahorovoj ime Melha, kći Arama oca Melhe i Jeshe.

³⁰ A Sara beše nerotkinja, i ne imaše poroda.

³¹ I uze Tara sina svog Avrama i Lota sina Aronovog, unuka svog, i Saru snahu svoju, ženu Avrama sina svog; i pođoše zajedno iz Ura haldejskog da idu u zemlju hanansku, i dođoše do Harana, i onde se nastaniše.

³² I požive Tara svega dvesta i pet godina; i umre Tara u Haranu.

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.