¹Erat autem terra labii unius,Now the earth was of one languageet sermonum eorumdem.and of the same speech.

¹Erat autem terra labii unius,Now the earth was of one languageet sermonum eorumdem.and of the same speech.

²Cumque proficiscerentur de oriente,And when they were advancing from the east,invenerunt campum in terra Sennaar,they found a plain in the land of Shinar,et habitaverunt in eo.and they dwelt in it.

²Cumque proficiscerentur de oriente,And when they were advancing from the east,invenerunt campum in terra Sennaar,they found a plain in the land of Shinar,et habitaverunt in eo.and they dwelt in it.

³Dixitque alter ad proximum suum:And each one said to his neighbor,Venite,“Come,faciamus lateres,let us make bricks,et coquamus eos igni.and bake them with fire.”Habueruntque lateres pro saxis,And they had bricks instead of stones,et bitumen pro cæmento:and pitch instead of mortar.

³Dixitque alter ad proximum suum:And each one said to his neighbor,Venite,“Come,faciamus lateres,let us make bricks,et coquamus eos igni.and bake them with fire.”Habueruntque lateres pro saxis,And they had bricks instead of stones,et bitumen pro cæmento:and pitch instead of mortar.

⁴et dixerunt:And they said:Venite,“Come,faciamus nobis civitatem et turrim,let us make a city and a tower,cujus culmen pertingat ad cælum:so that its height may reach to heaven.et celebremus nomen nostrum antequam dividamur in universas terras.And let us make our name famous before we are divided into all the lands.”

⁴et dixerunt:And they said:Venite,“Come,faciamus nobis civitatem et turrim,let us make a city and a tower,cujus culmen pertingat ad cælum:so that its height may reach to heaven.et celebremus nomen nostrum antequam dividamur in universas terras.And let us make our name famous before we are divided into all the lands.”

⁵Descendit autem Dominus ut videret civitatem et turrim,Then the Lord descended to see the city and the tower,quam ædificabant filii Adam,which the sons of Adam were building.

⁵Descendit autem Dominus ut videret civitatem et turrim,Then the Lord descended to see the city and the tower,quam ædificabant filii Adam,which the sons of Adam were building.

⁶et dixit:And he said:Ecce,“Behold,unus est populus,the people are united,et unum labium omnibus:and all have one tongue.cœperuntque hoc facere,And since they have begun to do this,nec desistent a cogitationibus suis,they will not desist from their plans,donec eas opere compleant.until they have completed their work.

⁶et dixit:And he said:Ecce,“Behold,unus est populus,the people are united,et unum labium omnibus:and all have one tongue.cœperuntque hoc facere,And since they have begun to do this,nec desistent a cogitationibus suis,they will not desist from their plans,donec eas opere compleant.until they have completed their work.

⁷Venite igitur,Therefore, come,descendamus,let us descend,et confundamus ibi linguam eorum,and in that place confound their tongue,ut non audiat unusquisque vocem proximi sui.so that they may not listen, each one to the voice of his neighbor.”

⁷Venite igitur,Therefore, come,descendamus,let us descend,et confundamus ibi linguam eorum,and in that place confound their tongue,ut non audiat unusquisque vocem proximi sui.so that they may not listen, each one to the voice of his neighbor.”

⁸Atque ita divisit eos Dominus ex illo loco in universas terras,And so the Lord divided them from that place into all the lands,et cessaverunt ædificare civitatem.and they ceased to build the city.

⁸Atque ita divisit eos Dominus ex illo loco in universas terras,And so the Lord divided them from that place into all the lands,et cessaverunt ædificare civitatem.and they ceased to build the city.

⁹Et idcirco vocatum est nomen ejus Babel,And for this reason, its name was called ‘Babel,’quia ibi confusum est labium universæ terræ:because in that place the language of the whole earth became confused.et inde dispersit eos Dominus super faciem cunctarum regionum.And from then on, the Lord scattered them across the face of every region.

⁹Et idcirco vocatum est nomen ejus Babel,And for this reason, its name was called ‘Babel,’quia ibi confusum est labium universæ terræ:because in that place the language of the whole earth became confused.et inde dispersit eos Dominus super faciem cunctarum regionum.And from then on, the Lord scattered them across the face of every region.

¹⁰Hæ sunt generationes Sem:These are the generations of Shem.Sem erat centum annorum quando genuit Arphaxad,Shem was one hundred years old when he conceived Arphaxad,biennio post diluvium.two years after the great flood.

¹⁰Hæ sunt generationes Sem:These are the generations of Shem.Sem erat centum annorum quando genuit Arphaxad,Shem was one hundred years old when he conceived Arphaxad,biennio post diluvium.two years after the great flood.

¹¹Vixitque Sem,And after he conceived Arphaxad,postquam genuit Arphaxad,Shem lived for five hundred years,quingentis annis:and he conceived sonset genuit filios et filias.and daughters.

¹¹Vixitque Sem,And after he conceived Arphaxad,postquam genuit Arphaxad,Shem lived for five hundred years,quingentis annis:and he conceived sonset genuit filios et filias.and daughters.

¹²Porro Arphaxad vixit triginta quinque annis,Next, Arphaxad lived for thirty-five years,et genuit Sale.and then he conceived Shelah.

¹²Porro Arphaxad vixit triginta quinque annis,Next, Arphaxad lived for thirty-five years,et genuit Sale.and then he conceived Shelah.

¹³Vixitque Arphaxad,And after he conceived Shelah,postquam genuit Sale, trecentis tribus annis:Arphaxad lived for three hundred and three years,et genuit filios et filias.and he conceived sons and daughters.

¹³Vixitque Arphaxad,And after he conceived Shelah,postquam genuit Sale, trecentis tribus annis:Arphaxad lived for three hundred and three years,et genuit filios et filias.and he conceived sons and daughters.

¹⁴Sale quoque vixit triginta annis,Likewise, Shelah lived for thirty years,et genuit Heber.and then he conceived Eber.

¹⁴Sale quoque vixit triginta annis,Likewise, Shelah lived for thirty years,et genuit Heber.and then he conceived Eber.

¹⁵Vixitque Sale,And after he conceived Eber,postquam genuit Heber, quadringentis tribus annis:Shelah lived for four hundred and three years,et genuit filios et filias.and he conceived sons and daughters.

¹⁵Vixitque Sale,And after he conceived Eber,postquam genuit Heber, quadringentis tribus annis:Shelah lived for four hundred and three years,et genuit filios et filias.and he conceived sons and daughters.

¹⁶Vixit autem Heber triginta quatuor annis,Then Eber lived for thirty-four years,et genuit Phaleg.and he conceived Peleg.

¹⁶Vixit autem Heber triginta quatuor annis,Then Eber lived for thirty-four years,et genuit Phaleg.and he conceived Peleg.

¹⁷Et vixit Heber postquam genuit Phaleg,And after he conceived Peleg,quadringentis triginta annis:Eber lived for four hundred and thirty years,et genuit filios et filias.and he conceived sons and daughters.

¹⁷Et vixit Heber postquam genuit Phaleg,And after he conceived Peleg,quadringentis triginta annis:Eber lived for four hundred and thirty years,et genuit filios et filias.and he conceived sons and daughters.

¹⁸Vixit quoque Phaleg triginta annis,Likewise, Peleg lived for thirty years,et genuit Reu.and then he conceived Reu.

¹⁸Vixit quoque Phaleg triginta annis,Likewise, Peleg lived for thirty years,et genuit Reu.and then he conceived Reu.

¹⁹Vixitque Phaleg,And after he conceived Reu,postquam genuit Reu, ducentis novem annis:Peleg lived for two hundred and nine years,et genuit filios et filias.and he conceived sons and daughters.

¹⁹Vixitque Phaleg,And after he conceived Reu,postquam genuit Reu, ducentis novem annis:Peleg lived for two hundred and nine years,et genuit filios et filias.and he conceived sons and daughters.

²⁰Vixit autem Reu triginta duobus annis,Then Reu lived for thirty-two years,et genuit Sarug.and then he conceived Serug.

²⁰Vixit autem Reu triginta duobus annis,Then Reu lived for thirty-two years,et genuit Sarug.and then he conceived Serug.

²¹Vixit quoque Reu,Likewise,postquam genuit Sarug,after he conceived Serug,ducentis septem annis:Reu lived for two hundred and seven years,et genuit filios et filias.and he conceived sons and daughters.

²¹Vixit quoque Reu,Likewise,postquam genuit Sarug,after he conceived Serug,ducentis septem annis:Reu lived for two hundred and seven years,et genuit filios et filias.and he conceived sons and daughters.

²²Vixit vero Sarug triginta annis,In truth, Serug lived for thirty years,et genuit Nachor.and then he conceived Nahor.

²²Vixit vero Sarug triginta annis,In truth, Serug lived for thirty years,et genuit Nachor.and then he conceived Nahor.

²³Vixitque Sarug,And after he conceived Nahor,postquam genuit Nachor,Serug lived for two hundred years,ducentis annis:and he conceived sonset genuit filios et filias.and daughters.

²³Vixitque Sarug,And after he conceived Nahor,postquam genuit Nachor,Serug lived for two hundred years,ducentis annis:and he conceived sonset genuit filios et filias.and daughters.

²⁴Vixit autem Nachor viginti novem annis,And so Nahor lived for twenty-nine years,et genuit Thare.and then he conceived Terah.

²⁴Vixit autem Nachor viginti novem annis,And so Nahor lived for twenty-nine years,et genuit Thare.and then he conceived Terah.

²⁵Vixitque Nachor,And after he conceived Terah,postquam genuit Thare, centum decem et novem annis:Nahor lived for one hundred and nineteen years,et genuit filios et filias.and he conceived sons and daughters.

²⁵Vixitque Nachor,And after he conceived Terah,postquam genuit Thare, centum decem et novem annis:Nahor lived for one hundred and nineteen years,et genuit filios et filias.and he conceived sons and daughters.

²⁶Vixitque Thare septuaginta annis,And Terah lived for seventy years,et genuit Abram,and then he conceived Abram,et Nachor,and Nahor,et Aran.and Haran.

²⁶Vixitque Thare septuaginta annis,And Terah lived for seventy years,et genuit Abram,and then he conceived Abram,et Nachor,and Nahor,et Aran.and Haran.

²⁷Hæ sunt autem generationes Thare:And these are the generations of Terah.Thare genuit Abram,Terah conceived Abram,NachorNahor,et Aran.and Haran.Porro Aran genuit Lot.Next Haran conceived Lot.

²⁷Hæ sunt autem generationes Thare:And these are the generations of Terah.Thare genuit Abram,Terah conceived Abram,NachorNahor,et Aran.and Haran.Porro Aran genuit Lot.Next Haran conceived Lot.

²⁸Mortuusque est Aran ante Thare patrem suum,And Haran died before his father Terah,in terra nativitatis suæ,in the land of his nativity,in Ur Chaldæorum.in Ur of the Chaldeans.

²⁸Mortuusque est Aran ante Thare patrem suum,And Haran died before his father Terah,in terra nativitatis suæ,in the land of his nativity,in Ur Chaldæorum.in Ur of the Chaldeans.

²⁹Duxerunt autem Abram et Nachor uxores:Then Abramnomen uxoris Abram,and Nahor took wives.Sarai:The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai.et nomen uxoris Nachor,And the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah,Melcha filia Aran,the daughter of Haran,patris Melchæ,the father of Milcah,et patris Jeschæ.and the father of Iscah.

²⁹Duxerunt autem Abram et Nachor uxores:Then Abramnomen uxoris Abram,and Nahor took wives.Sarai:The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai.et nomen uxoris Nachor,And the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah,Melcha filia Aran,the daughter of Haran,patris Melchæ,the father of Milcah,et patris Jeschæ.and the father of Iscah.

³⁰Erat autem Sarai sterilis,But Sarai was barrennec habebat liberos.and had no children.

³⁰Erat autem Sarai sterilis,But Sarai was barrennec habebat liberos.and had no children.

³¹Tulit itaque Thare Abram filium suum,And so Terah took his son Abram,et Lot filium Aran,and his grandson Lot,filium filii sui,the son of Haran,et Sarai nurum suam,and his daughter-in-law Sarai,uxorem Abram filii sui,the wife of his son Abram,et eduxit eos de Ur Chaldæorum,and he led them away from Ur of the Chaldeans,ut irent in terram Chanaan:to go into the land of Canaan.veneruntque usque Haran,And they approached as far as Haran,et habitaverunt ibi.and they dwelt there.

³¹Tulit itaque Thare Abram filium suum,And so Terah took his son Abram,et Lot filium Aran,and his grandson Lot,filium filii sui,the son of Haran,et Sarai nurum suam,and his daughter-in-law Sarai,uxorem Abram filii sui,the wife of his son Abram,et eduxit eos de Ur Chaldæorum,and he led them away from Ur of the Chaldeans,ut irent in terram Chanaan:to go into the land of Canaan.veneruntque usque Haran,And they approached as far as Haran,et habitaverunt ibi.and they dwelt there.

³²Et facti sunt dies Thare ducentorum quinque annorum,And the days of Terah that passed were two hundred and five years,et mortuus est in Haran.and then he died in Haran.

³²Et facti sunt dies Thare ducentorum quinque annorum,And the days of Terah that passed were two hundred and five years,et mortuus est in Haran.and then he died in Haran.