1The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.2As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.3They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.4They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”5Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.6Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.7Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”8So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.9Therefore 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.10This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.11Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.12Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.13Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.14Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.15Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.16Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.17Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.18Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.19Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.20Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.21Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.22Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.23Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.24Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.25Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.26Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.27Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.28Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.29Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.30Sarai was barren. She had no child.31Terah 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 from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.32The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
Bible Crampon 1923
1Toute la terre avait une seule langue et les mêmes mots.2Étant partis de l’Orient, les hommes trouvèrent une plaine dans le pays de Sennaar, et ils s’y établirent.3Ils se dirent entre eux : « Allons, faisons des briques, et cuisons-les au feu. » Et ils se servirent de briques au lieu de pierres, et de bitume au lieu de ciment.4Ils dirent encore : « Allons, bâtissons-nous une ville et une tour dont le sommet soit dans le ciel, et faisons-nous un monument, de peur que nous ne soyons dispersés sur la face de toute la terre. »5Mais Yahweh descendit pour voir la ville et la tour que bâtissaient les fils des hommes.6Et Yahweh dit : « Voici, ils sont un seul peuple et ils ont pour eux tous une même langue ; et cet ouvrage est le commencement de leurs entreprises ; maintenant rien ne les empêchera d’accomplir leurs projets.7Allons, descendons, et là même confondons leur langage, de sorte qu’ils n’entendent plus le langage les uns des autres. »8C’est ainsi que Yahweh les dispersa de là sur la face de toute la terre, et ils cessèrent de bâtir la ville.9C’est pourquoi on lui donna le nom de Babel, car c’est là que Yahweh confondit le langage de toute la terre, et c’est de là que Yahweh les a dispersés sur la face de toute la terre.10Voici l’histoire de Sem : Sem, âgé de cent ans, engendra Arphaxad, deux ans après le déluge.11Après qu’il eut engendré Arphaxad, Sem vécut cinq cents ans, et il engendra des fils et des filles.12Arphaxad vécut trente-cinq ans, et il engendra Salé13Après qu’il eut engendré Salé, Arphaxad vécut quatre cent trois ans, et il engendra des fils et des filles.14Salé vécut trente ans, et il engendra Héber.15Après qu’il eut engendré Héber, Salé vécut quatre cent trois ans, et il engendra des fils et des filles.16Héber vécut trente-quatre ans, et il engendra Phaleg.17Après qu’il eut engendré Phaleg, Héber vécut quatre cent trente ans, et il engendra des fils et des filles.18Phaleg vécut trente ans, et il engendra Réü.19Après qu’il eut engendré Réü, Phaleg vécut deux cent neuf ans, et il engendra des fils et des filles.20Réü vécut trente-deux ans, et il engendra Sarug.21Après qu’il eut engendré Sarug, Réü vécut deux cent sept ans, et il engendra des fils et des filles.22Sarug vécut trente ans, et il engendra Nachor.23Après qu’il eut engendré Nachor, Sarug vécut deux cents ans, et il engendra des fils et des filles.24Nachor vécut vingt-neuf ans, et il engendra Tharé.25Après qu’il eut engendré Tharé, Nachor vécut cent dix-neuf ans, et il engendra des fils et des filles.26Tharé vécut soixante-dix ans, et il engendra Abram, Nachor et Aran.27Voici l’histoire de Tharé. Tharé engendra Abram, Nachor et Aran. Aran engendra Lot.28Et Aran mourut en présence de Tharé, son père, au pays de sa naissance, à Ur en Chaldée.29Abram et Nachor prirent des femmes : le nom de la femme d’Abram était Saraï, et le nom de la femme de Nachor était Melcha, fille d’Aran, père de Melcha et père de Jesca.30Or Saraï fut stérile : elle n’avait point d’enfants.31Tharé prit Abram, son fils, et Lot, fils d’Aran, son petit-fils, et Saraï, sa belle-fille, femme d’Abram, son fils, et ils sortirent ensemble d’Ur des Chaldéens, pour aller au pays de Chanaan ; mais, arrivés à Haran, ils s’y établirent.32Les jours de Tharé furent de deux cent cinq ans, et Tharé mourut à Haran.