The Book of Genesis, Chapter 11ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ ΙΑ′

Καὶ ἦν πᾶσα ἡ γῆ χεῖλος ἕν, καὶ φωνὴ μία πᾶσιν.

And all the earth was one lip, and there was one voice for all.

καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ κινῆσαι αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν εὗρον πεδίον ἐν γῇ Σενναάρ, καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐκεῖ.

And it came to pass when they moved from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they settled there.

καὶ εἶπεν ἄνθρωπος τῷ πλησίον Δεῦτε πλινθεύσωμεν πλίνθους καὶ ὀπτήσωμεν αὐτὰς πυρί. καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς ἡ πλίνθος εἰς λίθον, καὶ ἄσφαλτος ἦν αὐτοῖς ὁ πηλός.

And a man said to his neighbour, 'Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire.' And the brick served them as stone, and bitumen was their mortar.

καὶ εἶπαν Δεῦτε οἰκοδομήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς πόλιν καὶ πύργον, οὗ ἡ κεφαλὴ ἔσται ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ποιήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς ὄνομα πρὸ τοῦ διασπαρῆναι ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ προσώπου πάσης τῆς γῆς.

And they said, 'Come, let us build for ourselves a city and a tower whose top will be to heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name before we are scattered over the face of all the earth.'

καὶ κατέβη κύριος ἰδεῖν τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸν πύργον, ὃν ᾠκοδόμησαν οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

καὶ εἶπεν κύριος Ἰδοὺ γένος ἓν καὶ χεῖλος ἓν πάντων, καὶ τοῦτο ἤρξαντο ποιῆσαι, καὶ νῦν οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν πάντα ὅσα ἂν ἐπιχειρήσωσιν ποιεῖν.

And the Lord said, 'Behold, one race and one lip for all, and they have begun to do this; and now nothing will fail them of all that they attempt to do.'

δεῦτε καὶ καταβάντες συγχέωμεν αὐτῶν ἐκεῖ τὴν γλῶσσαν, ἵνα μὴ ἀκούσωσιν ἕκαστος τὴν φωνὴν τοῦ πλησίον.

Come, and let us go down and confound their language there, so that they may not hear each one the voice of his neighbour.

καὶ διέσπειρεν αὐτοὺς κύριος ἐκεῖθεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐπαύσαντο οἰκοδομοῦντες τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸν πύργον.

And the Lord scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city and the tower.

διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Σύγχυσις, ὅτι ἐκεῖ συνέχεεν κύριος τὰ χείλη πάσης τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐκεῖθεν διέσπειρεν αὐτοὺς κύριος ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς.

Therefore its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confused the lips of all the earth, and from there the Lord scattered them over the face of all the earth.

Καὶ αὗται αἱ γενέσεις Σημ· Σημ ἦν υἱὸς ἑκατὸν ἐτῶν ὅτε ἐγέννησεν τὸν Αρφαξαδ δευτέρου ἔτους μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν.

And these are the generations of Shem: Shem was a son of one hundred years when he begat Arphaxad, in the second year after the flood.

καὶ ἔζησεν Σημ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Αρφαξαδ ἔτη πεντακόσια καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν.

And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters and he died.

Καὶ ἔζησεν Αρφαξαδ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα πέντε ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Καιναν.

And Arphaxad lived one hundred and thirty-five years and he begat Kainan.

καὶ ἔζησεν Καιναν ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Σαλα· καὶ ἔζησεν Καιναν μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Σαλα ἔτη τριακόσια τριάκοντα καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν.

And Kainan lived one hundred and thirty years and he begat Sala; and Kainan lived after he begat Sala three hundred and thirty years and he begat sons and daughters and he died.

Καὶ ἔζησεν Σαλα ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Εβερ.

And Sala lived one hundred and thirty years and he begat Eber.

καὶ ἔζησεν Σαλα μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Εβερ ἔτη τριακόσια τριάκοντα καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν.

And Sala lived after he begat Eber three hundred and thirty years and he begat sons and daughters and he died.

Καὶ ἔζησεν Εβερ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα τέσσαρα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Φαλεκ.

And Eber lived one hundred and thirty-four years and he begat Peleg.

καὶ ἔζησεν Εβερ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Φαλεκ ἔτη τριακόσια ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν.

And Eber lived after he begat Peleg three hundred and seventy years and he begat sons and daughters and he died.

Καὶ ἔζησεν Φαλεκ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ραγαυ.

And Peleg lived one hundred and thirty years and he begat Ragau.

καὶ ἔζησεν Φαλεκ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Ραγαυ ἔτη διακόσια ἐννέα καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν.

And Peleg lived after he begat Ragau two hundred and nine years and he begat sons and daughters and he died.

Καὶ ἔζησεν Ραγαυ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα δύο ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Σερουχ.

And Ragau lived one hundred and thirty-two years and he begat Serug.

καὶ ἔζησεν Ραγαυ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Σερουχ ἔτη διακόσια ἑπτά· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν.

And Ragau lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years; and he begat sons and daughters and he died.

Καὶ ἔζησεν Σερουχ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ναχωρ.

And Serug lived one hundred and thirty years and he begat Nahor.

καὶ ἔζησεν Σερουχ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Ναχωρ ἔτη διακόσια· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν.

And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years; and he begat sons and daughters and he died.

Καὶ ἔζησεν Ναχωρ ἑβδομήκοντα ἐννέα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Θαρα.

And Nahor lived seventy-nine years and he begat Terah.

καὶ ἔζησεν Ναχωρ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Θαρα ἔτη ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ἐννέα· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν.

And Nahor lived after he begat Terah one hundred and twenty-nine years; and he begat sons and daughters and he died.

Καὶ ἔζησεν Θαρα ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Αβραμ καὶ τὸν Ναχωρ καὶ τὸν Αρραν.

And Terah lived seventy years and he begat Abram and Nahor and Haran.

Αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεις Θαρα· Θαρα ἐγέννησεν τὸν Αβραμ καὶ τὸν Ναχωρ καὶ τὸν Αρραν, καὶ Αρραν ἐγέννησεν τὸν Λωτ.

And these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram and Nahor and Haran, and Haran begat Lot.

καὶ ἀπέθανεν Αρραν ἐνώπιον Θαρα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ γῇ ᾗ ἐγεννήθη, ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῶν Χαλδαίων.

And Haran died before Terah his father in the land in which he was born, in the land of the Chaldeans.

καὶ ἔλαβεν Αβραμ καὶ Ναχωρ ἑαυτοῖς γυναῖκας· ὄνομα τῇ γυναικὶ Αβραμ Σαρα, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ γυναικὶ Ναχωρ Μελχα, θυγάτηρ Αρραν πατρὸς Μελχα καὶ πατρὸς Ιεσχα.

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves; the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.

καὶ ἦν Σαρα στεῖρα καὶ οὐκ ἐτεκνοποίει.

And Sarai was barren and had no child.

καὶ ἔλαβεν Θαρα τὸν Αβραμ υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν Λωτ υἱὸν Αρραν, υἱὸν τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὴν Σαρα τὴν νύμφην αὐτοῦ, γυναῖκα Αβραμ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῆς χώρας τῶν Χαλδαίων πορευθῆναι εἰς γῆν Χανααν· καὶ ἦλθεν ἕως Χαρραν καὶ κατῴκησεν ἐκεῖ.

And Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law the wife of Abram his son, and he led them out from the land of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and he came as far as Haran and settled there.

καὶ ἐγένοντο αἱ ἡμέραι Θαρα ἐν Χαρραν διακόσια πέντε ἔτη· καὶ ἀπέθανεν Θαρα ἐν Χαρραν.

And the days of Terah in Haran were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.