And the whole earth was one lip and one voice to all.
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Rahlfs Septuagint
Genesis 11
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And it came to pass, as they moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar and they dwelt there
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 each man said to his neighbor, Come, let us make bricks and burn them with fire, and the brick became for them as stone, and the clay was for them asphalt.
εἶπαν δεῦτε οἰκοδομήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς πόλιν καὶ πύργον οὗ ἡ κεφαλὴ ἔσται ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ποιήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς ὄνομα πρὸ τοῦ διασπαρῆναι ἐπὶ προσώπου πάσης τῆς γῆς
And they said, Come, let us build for ourselves a city and a tower, whose top shall be unto heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name before our being scattered over the face of all the earth.
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
εἶπεν κύριος ἰδοὺ γένος ἓν καὶ χεῖλος ἓν πάντων καὶ τοῦτο ἤρξαντο ποιῆσαι καὶ νῦν οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἐξ αὐτῶν πάντα ὅσα ἂν ἐπιθῶνται ποιεῖν
And the Lord said, Behold, one race and one lip of all, and this they have begun to do; and now nothing will fail from them of all that they may set themselves to do.
Come, and having gone down, let us confuse their language there, so that each may not hear the voice of his neighbor.
διέσπειρεν αὐτοὺς κύριος ἐκεῖθεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐπαύσαντο οἰκοδομοῦντες τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸν πύργον
And the Lord scattered them from there upon the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city and the tower.
τοῦτο ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Σύγχυσις ὅτι ἐκεῖ συνέχεεν κύριος τὰ χείλη πάσης τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐκεῖθεν διέσπειρεν αὐτοὺς κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς
Therefore the name of it was called Confusion, because there the Lord confused the lips of all the earth, and from there the Lord God scattered them over the face of all the earth
αὗται αἱ γενέσεις Σημ Σημ 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 begot Arphaxad, in the second year after the flood.
ἔζησεν Σημ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Αρφαξαδ πεντακόσια ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν
And Shem lived after he begot Arphaxad five hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters, and he died.
And Arphaxad lived one hundred thirty-five years and begot Cainan
ἔζησεν Αρφαξαδ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Καιναν ἔτη τετρακόσια τριάκοντα καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν 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 Arphaxad lived after his fathering Cainan four hundred and thirty years, and he fathered sons and daughters, and he died. And Cainan lived one hundred and thirty years and fathered Sala. And Cainan lived after his fathering Sala three hundred and thirty years, and he fathered sons and daughters, and he died.
And Salah lived one hundred thirty years, and he begot Eber
ἔζησεν Σαλα μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Εβερ τριακόσια τριάκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν
And Sala lived after his fathering Eber three hundred thirty years, and he fathered sons and daughters, and he died.
And Heber lived one hundred thirty-four years, and he begot Phaleg.
ἔζησεν Εβερ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Φαλεκ ἔτη τριακόσια ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν
And Eber lived after his fathering Phaleg three hundred and seventy years, and he begot sons and daughters, and he died.
And Phalek lived one hundred and thirty years and begot Ragau
ἔζησεν Φαλεκ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Ραγαυ διακόσια ἐννέα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν
And Phaleg lived after his begetting Ragau two hundred nine years, and he begot sons and daughters, and he died.
And Ragau lived one hundred and thirty-two years, and he begot Serouch.
ἔζησεν Ραγαυ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Σερουχ διακόσια ἑπτὰ ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν
And Ragau lived after he begot Seruch two hundred and seven years, and he begot sons and daughters, and he died.
And Seruch lived one hundred and thirty years and begot Nachor
ἔζησεν Σερουχ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Ναχωρ ἔτη διακόσια καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν
And Seruch lived after his begetting Nachor two hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters, and he died.
And Nahor lived seventy-nine years and fathered Terah
ἔζησεν Ναχωρ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Θαρα ἔτη ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ἐννέα καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν
And Nahor lived after his having begotten Terah one hundred and twenty-nine years, and he begot sons and daughters, and he died.
And Thara lived seventy years, and he begot Abram and Nahor and Haran.
δὲ αἱ γενέσεις Θαρα Θαρα ἐγέννησεν τὸν Αβραμ καὶ τὸν Ναχωρ καὶ τὸν Αρραν καὶ Αρραν ἐγέννησεν τὸν Λωτ
Now these are the generations of Thara. Thara begot Abram and Nachor and Arran, and Arran begot Lot.
And Haran died before Terah his father in the land in which he was born, in the country of the Chaldeans.
ἔλαβον Αβραμ καὶ Ναχωρ ἑαυτοῖς γυναῖκας ὄνομα τῇ γυναικὶ Αβραμ Σαρα καὶ ὄνομα τῇ γυναικὶ Ναχωρ Μελχα θυγάτηρ Αρραν πατὴρ Μελχα καὶ πατὴρ 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 Melcha, the daughter of Haran, father of Melcha and father of Jescha.
And Sarah was barren, and she was not bearing children.
ἔλαβεν Θαρα τὸν Αβραμ υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν Λωτ υἱὸν Αρραν υἱὸν τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν Σαραν τὴν νύμφην αὐτοῦ γυναῖκα Αβραμ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῆς χώρας τῶν Χαλδαίων πορευθῆναι εἰς τὴν γῆν Χανααν καὶ ἦλθεν ἕως Χαρραν καὶ κατῴκησεν ἐκεῖ
And Thara took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, the son of his son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and he brought them out from the land of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, and he came as far as Haran and dwelt there
And the days of Thara in Haran became two hundred and five years, and Thara died in Haran.