Genesis 11

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Erat autem terra labii unius, et sermonum eorumdem.	1 Now the earth was of one language and of the same speech.
2 Cumque proficiscerentur de oriente, invenerunt campum in terra Sennaar, et habitaverunt in eo.	2 And when they were advancing from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt in it.
3 Dixitque alter ad proximum suum : Venite, faciamus lateres, et coquamus eos igni. Habueruntque lateres pro saxis, et bitumen pro cæmento :	3 And each one said to his neighbor, “Come, let us make bricks, and bake them with fire.” And they had bricks instead of stones, and pitch instead of mortar.
4 et dixerunt : Venite, faciamus nobis civitatem et turrim, cujus culmen pertingat ad cælum : et celebremus nomen nostrum antequam dividamur in universas terras.	4 And they said: “Come, let us make a city and a tower, so that its height may reach to heaven. And let us make our name famous before we are divided into all the lands.”
5 Descendit autem Dominus ut videret civitatem et turrim, quam ædificabant filii Adam,	5 Then the Lord descended to see the city and the tower, which the sons of Adam were building.
6 et dixit : Ecce, unus est populus, et unum labium omnibus : c?peruntque hoc facere, nec desistent a cogitationibus suis, donec eas opere compleant.	6 And he said: “Behold, the people are united, and all have one tongue. And since they have begun to do this, they will not desist from their plans, until they have completed their work.
7 Venite igitur, descendamus, et confundamus ibi linguam eorum, ut non audiat unusquisque vocem proximi sui.	7 Therefore, come, let us descend, and in that place confound their tongue, so that they may not listen, each one to the voice of his neighbor.”
8 Atque ita divisit eos Dominus ex illo loco in universas terras, et cessaverunt ædificare civitatem.	8 And so the Lord divided them from that place into all the lands, and they ceased to build the city.
9 Et idcirco vocatum est nomen ejus Babel, quia ibi confusum est labium universæ terræ : et inde dispersit eos Dominus super faciem cunctarum regionum.	9 And for this reason, its name was called ‘Babel,’ because in that place the language of the whole earth became confused. And from then on, the Lord scattered them across the face of every region.
10 Hæ sunt generationes Sem : Sem erat centum annorum quando genuit Arphaxad, biennio post diluvium.	10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old when he conceived Arphaxad, two years after the great flood.
11 Vixitque Sem, postquam genuit Arphaxad, quingentis annis : et genuit filios et filias.	11 And after he conceived Arphaxad, Shem lived for five hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
12 Porro Arphaxad vixit triginta quinque annis, et genuit Sale.	12 Next, Arphaxad lived for thirty-five years, and then he conceived Shelah.
13 Vixitque Arphaxad, postquam genuit Sale, trecentis tribus annis : et genuit filios et filias.	13 And after he conceived Shelah, Arphaxad lived for three hundred and three years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
14 Sale quoque vixit triginta annis, et genuit Heber.	14 Likewise, Shelah lived for thirty years, and then he conceived Eber.
15 Vixitque Sale, postquam genuit Heber, quadringentis tribus annis : et genuit filios et filias.	15 And after he conceived Eber, Shelah lived for four hundred and three years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
16 Vixit autem Heber triginta quatuor annis, et genuit Phaleg.	16 Then Eber lived for thirty-four years, and he conceived Peleg.
17 Et vixit Heber postquam genuit Phaleg, quadringentis triginta annis : et genuit filios et filias.	17 And after he conceived Peleg, Eber lived for four hundred and thirty years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
18 Vixit quoque Phaleg triginta annis, et genuit Reu.	18 Likewise, Peleg lived for thirty years, and then he conceived Reu.
19 Vixitque Phaleg, postquam genuit Reu, ducentis novem annis : et genuit filios et filias.	19 And after he conceived Reu, Peleg lived for two hundred and nine years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
20 Vixit autem Reu triginta duobus annis, et genuit Sarug.	20 Then Reu lived for thirty-two years, and then he conceived Serug.
21 Vixit quoque Reu, postquam genuit Sarug, ducentis septem annis : et genuit filios et filias.	21 Likewise, after he conceived Serug, Reu lived for two hundred and seven years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
22 Vixit vero Sarug triginta annis, et genuit Nachor.	22 In truth, Serug lived for thirty years, and then he conceived Nahor.
23 Vixitque Sarug, postquam genuit Nachor, ducentis annis : et genuit filios et filias.	23 And after he conceived Nahor, Serug lived for two hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
24 Vixit autem Nachor viginti novem annis, et genuit Thare.	24 And so Nahor lived for twenty-nine years, and then he conceived Terah.
25 Vixitque Nachor, postquam genuit Thare, centum decem et novem annis : et genuit filios et filias.	25 And after he conceived Terah, Nahor lived for one hundred and nineteen years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
26 Vixitque Thare septuaginta annis, et genuit Abram, et Nachor, et Aran.	26 And Terah lived for seventy years, and then he conceived Abram, and Nahor, and Haran.
27 Hæ sunt autem generationes Thare : Thare genuit Abram, Nachor et Aran. Porro Aran genuit Lot.	27 And these are the generations of Terah. Terah conceived Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Next Haran conceived Lot.
28 Mortuusque est Aran ante Thare patrem suum, in terra nativitatis suæ, in Ur Chaldæorum.	28 And Haran died before his father Terah, in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 Duxerunt autem Abram et Nachor uxores : nomen uxoris Abram, Sarai : et nomen uxoris Nachor, Melcha filia Aran, patris Melchæ, et patris Jeschæ.	29 Then Abram and Nahor took wives. 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.
30 Erat autem Sarai sterilis, nec habebat liberos.	30 But Sarai was barren and had no children.
31 Tulit itaque Thare Abram filium suum, et Lot filium Aran, filium filii sui, et Sarai nurum suam, uxorem Abram filii sui, et eduxit eos de Ur Chaldæorum, ut irent in terram Chanaan : veneruntque usque Haran, et habitaverunt ibi.	31 And so Terah took his son Abram, and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and he led them away from Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. And they approached as far as Haran, and they dwelt there.
32 Et facti sunt dies Thare ducentorum quinque annorum, et mortuus est in Haran.	32 And the days of Terah that passed were two hundred and five years, and then he died in Haran.