Hele jorden hadde ett språk og samme ordforråd.

Now the whole earth had one language and a common speech.

Da de dro fra øst, fant de en slette i landet Sinear, og der bosatte de seg.

As people moved eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

De sa til hverandre: 'Kom, la oss lage murstein og brenne dem hardt.' De brukte murstein i stedet for stein og bek som bindemiddel.

They said to each other, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They had brick for stone and tar for mortar.

De sa: 'Kom, la oss bygge oss en by med et tårn som når opp til himmelen. La oss gjøre oss et navn, ellers blir vi spredt over hele jorden.'

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

Da steg Herren ned for å se byen og tårnet som menneskene hadde bygget.

But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people were building.

Herren sa: 'Se, de er ett folk, og de har samme språk. Dette er bare begynnelsen på det de vil gjøre. Ingenting de har tenkt å gjøre vil være umulig for dem.'

The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do. Now nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them."

Kom, la oss stige ned og forvirre språket deres, så de ikke forstår hverandres tale.

Come, let us go down and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.

Så spredte Herren dem derfra over hele jorden, og de sluttet å bygge byen.

So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city.

Derfor kalles stedet Babel, for der forvirret Herren hele jordens språk, og derfra spredte han dem over hele jordens overflate.

That is why it was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

Dette er slektshistorien til Sem. Da Sem var hundre år gammel, fikk han sønnen Arpaksjad to år etter vannflommen.

This is the account of Shem's family line. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad.

Etter at Sem hadde fått Arpaksjad, levde han fem hundre år og fikk sønner og døtre.

After he became the father of Arpachshad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

Arpaksjad var trettifem år gammel da han fikk sønnen Sjelah.

When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.

Etter at Arpaksjad hadde fått Sjelah, levde han fire hundre og tre år og fikk sønner og døtre.

After he became the father of Shelah, Arpachshad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Sjelah var tretti år gammel da han fikk sønnen Eber.

When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.

Etter at Sjelah hadde fått Eber, levde han fire hundre og tre år og fikk sønner og døtre.

After he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Eber var trettifire år gammel da han fikk sønnen Peleg.

When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.

Etter at Eber hadde fått Peleg, levde han fire hundre og tretti år og fikk sønner og døtre.

After he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

Peleg var tretti år gammel da han fikk sønnen Reu.

When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu.

Etter at Peleg hadde fått Reu, levde han to hundre og ni år og fikk sønner og døtre.

After he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

Reu var trettito år gammel da han fikk sønnen Serug.

When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.

Etter at Reu hadde fått Serug, levde han to hundre og sju år og fikk sønner og døtre.

After he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

Serug var tretti år gammel da han fikk sønnen Nahor.

When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor.

Etter at Serug hadde fått Nahor, levde han to hundre år og fikk sønner og døtre.

After he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

Nahor var tjueni år gammel da han fikk sønnen Tarah.

When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.

Etter at Nahor hadde fått Tarah, levde han ett hundre og nitten år og fikk sønner og døtre.

After he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

Da Tarah var sytti år gammel, fikk han sønnene Abram, Nahor og Haran.

After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Dette er Tarahs slektshistorie. Tarah fikk sønnene Abram, Nahor og Haran; og Haran fikk sønnen Lot.

This is the account of Terah’s family line: Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

Haran døde mens Tarah, hans far, ennå levde. Han døde i det landet der han var født, i Ur i Kaldea.

While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.

Abram og Nahor tok seg koner. Abrams kone het Sarai, og Nahors kone het Milka. Hun var datter av Haran, som var far til Milka og Iska.

Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

Sarai var barnløs; hun hadde ingen barn.

Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.

Tarah tok sin sønn Abram, sin sønnesønn Lot, som var sønn av Haran, og sin svigerdatter Sarai, Abrams kone. De dro ut sammen fra Ur i Kaldea for å reise til Kanaans land. Da de kom til Haran, slo de seg ned der.

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.

Tarah levde to hundre og fem år, og han døde i Haran.

Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.