Genesis 11 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech,––and of one stock of words. ² And it came to pass, as they brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there. ³ Then said they, each man to his friend, Come on! let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly,––So, the bricks, served them, for stone, and, bitumen, served them for mortar. ⁴ And they said, Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name,––lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.
⁵ And Yahweh came down, to behold the city, and the tower,––which the sons of men had built. ⁶ Then said Yahweh: Lo! one people, and, one manner of speech, have they all, this, then is what they have begun to do,––now, therefore, nothing will be withholden from them, which they may plan to do. ⁷ Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech,––that they may not understand, each man the speech of his friend. ⁸ So Yahweh scattered them from thence, over the face of all the earth,––and so they left off building the city. ⁹ For this cause, was the name thereof called Babel[=" Confusion"]; because, there, did Yahweh confuse the speech of all the earth,––and, from thence, did Yahweh scatter them abroad, over the face of all the earth.
¹⁰ These, are the genealogies of Shem, Shem, was a hundred years old when he begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood; ¹¹ and Shem lived, after he begat Arpachshad, five hundred years,––and begat sons and daughters. ¹² And, Arpachshad, lived thirty–five years,––and begat Shelah; ¹³ and Arpachshad lived, after he begat Shelah, four hundred and three years,––and begat sons and daughters. ¹⁴ And, Shelah, lived thirty years,––and begat Eber; ¹⁵ and Shelah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years,––and begat sons and daughters. ¹⁶ And Eber lived, thirty–four years,––and begat Peleg; ¹⁷ and Eber lived, after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years,––and begat sons and daughters. ¹⁸ And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: ¹⁹ and Peleg lived, after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years,––and begat sons and daughters. ²⁰ And Reu lived thirty–two years,––and begat Serug; ²¹ and Reu lived, after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years,––and begat sons and daughters. ²² And Serug lived thirty years,––and begat Nahor; ²³ and Serug lived, after he begat Nahor, two hundred years,––and begat sons and daughters. ²⁴ And Nahor lived twenty–nine years,––and begat Terah; ²⁵ and Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, a hundred and nineteen years,––and begat sons and daughters. ²⁶ And Terah lived seventy years,––and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
²⁷ These, then are the generations of Terah, Terah, begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran,––and, Haran, begat Lot; ²⁸ and Haran died, in the presence of Terah his father,––in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. ²⁹ And Abram and Nahor took to themselves wives; the name of Abram’s wife, was Sarai; and, the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah. ³⁰ And, Sarai, remained, barren,––she had no child. ³¹ And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter–in–law, wife of Abram his son,––and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as Haran, and dwelt there. ³² And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years,––and Terah died in Haran.

¹⁸ In that day, shall there be five cities in the land of Egypt, Speaking the language of Canaan, And swearing unto Yahweh of hosts,––The city of destruction, shall be the name of one!

⁹ Surely, then, will I turn unto the peoples a lip made pure,––that they all may call on the name of Yahweh, may serve him with one consent.

⁶ And this sound occurring the throng came together and was thrown into confusion, because each one severally heard in his own language them who were speaking;

¹⁰ So the beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel, and Erech, and Accad and Calneh,––in the land of Shinar.

⁹ For this cause, was the name thereof called Babel[=" Confusion"]; because, there, did Yahweh confuse the speech of all the earth,––and, from thence, did Yahweh scatter them abroad, over the face of all the earth.

¹¹ And Lot chose for himself all the circuit of the Jordan, so Lot brake up eastwards,––and they separated themselves, each man from his brother:

¹ And it came to pass, in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar,––Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goim,

¹¹ And it shall come to pass, in that day, That My Lord will again, a second time, set his hand, to possess himself of the remnant of his people,––who shall be left––from Assyria and from Egypt, and from Pathros and from Ethiopia, and from Elam and from Shinar, and from Hamath and from the Coastlands of the sea;

² and the Lord gave into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, and a part of the vessels of the house of God, and he brought them into the land of Shinar, into the house of his gods,––and, the vessels, brought he into the treasure–house of his gods.

¹¹ And he said unto me, To build for it a house in the land of Shinar,––so shall it be ready, and they shall settle it there, upon its own base?

⁴ And they said, Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name,––lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.

⁷ Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech,––that they may not understand, each man the speech of his friend.

¹⁰ Now, the valley of the open fields, had many pits of bitumen, so the king of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there,––while, they who remained, towards a mountain, fled.

¹⁴ and embittered their lives with harsh service, in clay and in bricks, and in all manner of service in the field,––all their service, wherein they rigorously made them serve.

³ And, when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of paper–reed, and covered it over with bitumen, and with pitch,––and put therein the child, and laid it among the rushes, upon the bank of the river.

⁷ Ye shall no more give straw unto the people, for making the bricks, as heretofore: Let, them, go, themselves, so shall they gather for themselves straw: ⁸ Nevertheless, the fixed number of bricks, which they have been making heretofore, shall ye lay upon them, ye shall not diminish therefrom,––for, idle, they are, on this account, it is that they are making an outcry, saying, We must go our way, we must sacrifice to our God. ⁹ The service must be made heavy on the men, that they may labour on it,––and let them not pay regard to words of falsehood.
¹⁰ Then went forth the taskmasters of the people, and their overseers, and spake unto the people,––saying,––Thus, saith Pharaoh, I am not going to give you straw, ¹¹ Ye yourselves go fetch you straw, of any ye can find,––yet hath there not been diminished from your service a single thing. ¹² So the people dispersed themselves throughout all the land of Egypt,––to gather stubble for straw: ¹³ the taskmasters, meanwhile, being urgent, saying,––Complete your works, The task of a day, in its day, as when the straw was provided. ¹⁴ Then were beaten the overseers of the sons of Israel, whom the taskmasters of Pharaoh had set over them, saying: Wherefore have ye not completed your task for making bricks, as heretofore, so also, yesterday and, today?
¹⁵ Then came in the overseers of the sons of Israel, and made outcry unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore shouldst thou do thus, to thy servants? ¹⁶ No straw, is given to thy servants, yet, bricks,––they keep saying to us––make ye! And lo, thy servants, are beaten––thou dost, therefore, wrong thy people. ¹⁷ But he said: Idle, ye are––idle, on this account, are, ye, saying, We must take our journey, we must sacrifice to Yahweh. ¹⁸ Now, therefore, go labour, but, straw, shall not be given you,––yet, the tale of bricks, shall ye render.

³¹ the people also that were therein, brought he forth, and put them to the saw, and to threshing sledges of iron, and to axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln, and thus used he to do unto all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

⁵ They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them?

¹¹ If they say––Come with us,––Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;

¹ Said, I, in my heart, Come now! I will prove thee with gladness, and look thou on blessedness,––but lo! even that, was vanity.

⁵ Now, therefore, I pray you, let me tell, you, what I, am about to do to my vineyard,––To take away the fence thereof, And it shall be eaten up, To destroy the wall thereof, And it shall be trodden down;

¹⁰ Bricks, have fallen down, But, with hewn stone, will we build,––Sycomores, have been felled, But, with cedars, will we replace them.

⁶ Every man, to his neighbour, giveth help,––And, to his brother, saith, Take courage! ⁷ So, the carver, hath encouraged, the goldsmith, He that maketh smooth with the hammer, him that smiteth the anvil,––Saying of the welding, It is, good, Then hath he fastened it with nails––it must not totter!

³ The people who are provoking me to anger, to my face, continually,––Sacrificing in gardens, and, Burning incense upon bricks;

¹⁴ Siege–water, draw for thyself, strengthen thy fortresses,––go into the clay, and tread thou the mortar, make strong the brick.

¹³ But be exhorting one another, on each successive day,––while the Today is being named! lest any from among you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

²⁴ And let us attentively consider one another, to provoke unto love and noble works,––

¹³ Come now! ye that say––Today or Tomorrow, we will journey unto this city here, and will spend there a year, and will trade and get gain,––

¹ Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you:

⁴ The giants, were in the earth in those days, and also, after that, when the sons of God began to go in unto the daughters of men, and sons were born to them, the same, were the heroes that were from age–past times, the men of renown.

⁸ So Yahweh scattered them from thence, over the face of all the earth,––and so they left off building the city. ⁹ For this cause, was the name thereof called Babel[=" Confusion"]; because, there, did Yahweh confuse the speech of all the earth,––and, from thence, did Yahweh scatter them abroad, over the face of all the earth.

²⁸ Whither, are, we, to go up? Our own brethren, have made our heart melt, saying––A people greater and taller than we, cities large and walled–up into the heavens,––yea, moreover, sons of Anakim, have we seen there.

²⁷ and Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples,––and ye shall have left remaining of you, men easily counted, among the nations whither Yahweh will drive you;

¹ Hear, O Israel! thou art passing, today, over the Jordan, to go in to dispossess nations, greater and stronger than thou,––cities great and fortified into the heavens;

¹³ And David made a name, when he returned from his smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt,––eighteen thousand.

¹¹ Their, inward thought, is that their houses are for times age–abiding, Their habitations, for generation after generation,––They give their own names unto lands! ¹² But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by–word––Beasts, they resemble: ¹³ This, their way, is a folly to them, And yet, their followers, with their mouth, approve. [Selah.]

⁹ For lo! thine enemies, Yahweh, For lo! thine enemies, shall perish, They shall be scattered––all the workers of iniquity;

⁷ The memory of the righteous, yieldeth blessing, but, the name of the lawless, dieth out.

¹¹ The tree, grew, and became strong,––and, the height thereof, reached unto the heavens, and, the view thereof, unto the end of all the land:

²² Thyself, it is, O king, in that thou art grown, and become strong,––and, thy greatness hath grown, and reached to the heavens, and, thy dominion, to the end of the earth.

³⁰ the king spake and said, Is not, this, Babylon the great,––which, I myself, have built as the home of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the dignity of my majesty?

⁵¹ He hath wrought strength with his arm, He hath scattered men arrogant in the intention of their heart;

⁴⁴ How can, ye, believe,––Glory from one another, receiving; and, the glory which is from the only God, are not seeking?

²¹ Let me go down, pray, and let me behold, whether, according to their outcry which hath come in unto me, they have done altogether, And if not, I must know!

⁸ therefore have I come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians, and to take them up out of that land, into a land good and large, into a land flowing with milk and honey,––into the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

¹¹ and shall be ready, by the third day,––for, on the third day, will Yahweh come down in the sight of all the people, upon Mount Sinai.

¹⁸ And, Mount Sinai, smoked, all over, because Yahweh had come down thereon, in fire,––and the smoke thereof went up as the smoke of a furnace, and all the mountain trembled exceedingly.

²⁰ Thus came Yahweh down upon Mount Sinai, unto the top of the mount,––and Yahweh called Moses unto the top of the mount, and Moses, went up.

⁴ Yahweh, is in his holy temple As for Yahweh, in the heavens, is his throne, His eyes, behold––His eyelashes test the sons of men.

¹³ Out of the heavens, hath Yahweh looked, He hath seen all the sons of men: ¹⁴ Out of his settled place of abode, hath he fixed his gaze on all the inhabitants of the earth:

²³ Am I, a God at hand, Demandeth Yahweh, And not a God afar off? ²⁴ Can any hide, himself in secret places, that, I, shall not see him? Demandeth Yahweh,––The heavens and the earth, do I, not fill? Demandeth Yahweh.

¹³ And, no one, hath ascended into heaven, save he that, out of heaven, descended,––The Son of Man.

¹³ And there is, no created thing, can be secreted before him, but, all things, are naked and exposed to his eyes:––as to whom is, our discourse.

²² Then said Yahweh God––Lo! man, hath become like one of us, in respect of knowing good and evil,––Now, therefore, lest he thrust forth his hand, and take even of the tree of life, and eat, and live to times age–abiding,––––

⁵ Then Yahweh saw that, great, was the wickedness of man in the earth, and that, every purpose of the devices of his heart, was only wicked all the day;

²¹ And Yahweh smelled a satisfying odour, so Yahweh said to himself. I will not, again, curse any more the ground, for man’s sake, although, the device of the heart of man, be wicked from his youth,––neither will I, again, any more, smite every living thing, as I have done.

¹⁹ These three, were the sons of Noah,––and, from these, was all the earth overspread.

¹ So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech,––and of one stock of words.

¹⁴ Go and make outcry unto the gods whom ye have chosen,––they, must save you, in the time of your tribulation.

²⁷ And it came to pass, at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said––Cry with a loud voice, for, a god, he is, either he hath, a meditation, or an occasion to retire, or he hath, a journey,––peradventure, he, sleepeth, and must be awaked.

¹ Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing? ² The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together,––against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]: ³ Let us break asunder their bonds,––and cast from us their cords! ⁴ He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh,––My Lord, will mock at them:

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart gladden thee in the days of thine early manhood, and walk thou––in the ways of thine own heart, and in that which is seen by thine own eyes,––yet know, that, for all these things, will God bring thee into judgment.

²⁶ he made also, of one, every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth,––marking out fitting opportunities, and the bounds of their dwelling place,

²⁶ And God said––Let us make man in our image, after our likeness––and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens, and over the tame–beast––and over all the land, and over every creeping thing, that creepeth on the land.

⁵ From these, were dispersed [the inhabitants of] the coastlands of the nations, in their lands, each man by his tongue,––by their families, in their nations.

²⁰ These, are the sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues,––in their lands, in their nations.

³² These, are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations in their nations,––and, from these, were dispersed the nations in the earth, after the flood.

⁵ And Yahweh came down, to behold the city, and the tower,––which the sons of men had built.

²³ But, they, knew not, that Joseph was hearkening,––for, the interpreter, was between them.

⁴⁹ Yahweh will bring against thee a nation from afar, from the end of the earth, as darteth a bird of prey,––a nation whose tongue thou canst not understand;

¹² Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success; ¹³ Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:

²⁰ Setting aside the speech of the trusty, and, the discernment of elders, He taketh away:

⁴ He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh,––My Lord, will mock at them:

¹⁰ Yahweh, hath frustrated the counsel of nations, hath brought to nothing the devices of peoples.

⁹ Confuse, O My Lord, divide their speech, For I have seen violence and contention in the city;

⁸ Then heard I the voice of My Lord, saying, Whom, shall I send? And who, will go for us? And I said––Here am I,––send me.

¹⁵ Behold me! bringing upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, Declareth Yahweh,––A nation invincible, it is, A nation from age–past times, hath it been, A nation whose tongue thou shalt not know, Neither shalt thou understand what it speaketh:

⁴ And they were all filled with Holy Spirit, and began to be speaking with other kinds of tongues just as the Spirit was giving unto them to be sounding forth.
⁵ Now there were in Jerusalem sojourning Jews, reverent men from every nation who were under heaven; ⁶ And this sound occurring the throng came together and was thrown into confusion, because each one severally heard in his own language them who were speaking; ⁷ Yea they were beside themselves and did marvel, saying––Lo! are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans? ⁸ How then do, we, hear each one in our own language in which we were born? ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judaea also and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia also and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of the Libya that is towards Cyrene, and the sojourning Romans,––both Jews and proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabians, we do hear them speaking in our own tongues the magnificent things of God.

² For, he that speaketh with a tongue, not unto men, doth speak, but, unto God,––for, no one, understandeth, although, in spirit, he is speaking sacred secrets; ³ But, be that prophesieth, unto men, doth speak––edification, and exhortation, and comfort. ⁴ He that speaketh with a tongue, buildeth up, himself, whereas, he that prophesieth, buildeth up, an assembly. ⁵ Howbeit I wish you all to speak with tongues, but, rather, that ye may prophesy,––moreover, greater, is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh with tongues,––unless indeed he translate, that, the assembly, may receive upbuilding.
⁶ But, now, brethren––if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit, you, except I speak, unto you, either by way of revelation, or knowledge, or prophesying, or teaching? ⁷ In like manner, the things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, if, a distinction in the sounds, they do not give, how shall it be known, what is being piped or harped? ⁸ For, if also, an uncertain sound, a trumpet, should give, who shall prepare himself for battle? ⁹ So, also, ye, through means of the tongue, except ye give intelligible discourse, how shall it be known what is being spoken? for ye will be speaking, to the air. ¹⁰ There may happen to be so many kinds of languages in the world, and, not one, unspoken:–– ¹¹ If, then, I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be, unto him that is speaking, a foreigner, and, he that is speaking, shall be, in my case, a foreigner.

²³ If, then, the whole assembly come together with one consent, and, all, are speaking with tongues,––and there come in persons unskilled or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are raving?

²⁵ And, to Eber, were born two sons,––the name of the one, was Peleg, for, in his days, was the earth divided, and, the name of his brother, was Joktan.

⁷ Accursed, be their anger, because fierce, And their wrath, because cruel,––I divide them in Jacob, And I disperse them in Israel.

⁸ When the Most High gave inheritances unto the nations, When he spread abroad the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples, According to the number of the sons of Israel.

³¹ These, are the sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues,––in their lands, by their nations. ³² These, are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations in their nations,––and, from these, were dispersed the nations in the earth, after the flood.

¹ The oracle on Babylon,––of which Isaiah, son of Amoz, had vision:–– ² Upon a bare mountain, lift ye up a standard, Raise high the voice, to them, Wave the hand, That they may enter the doors of nobles. ³ I myself, have given charge to my hallowed ones,––Yea I have called, My heroes in showing mine anger, My proudly, exulting ones. ⁴ The noise of a multitude in the mountains, A resemblance of many people,––The noise of a tumult of kingdoms, Nations gathered together, Yahweh of hosts, mustering a host for battle! ⁵ They are coming in, From a land far away, From the utmost bound of the heavens,––Yahweh––with his weapons of indignation, To destroy the land.
⁶ Howl ye! for at hand, is the day of Yahweh,––As a veritable destruction from the Almighty, shall it come. ⁷ For this cause––All hands, shall hang down,––and, Every mortal heart, melt. ⁸ And they shall be in distress––Writhings and pains, shall lay hold, As a woman in childbirth, shall they be in pangs,––Every one, at his neighbour, shall look in amazement, Faces of flames, their faces! ⁹ Lo! the day of Yahweh, coming in, Fierce and overflowing, and burning with anger,––To devote the earth to desolation, And her sinners, will he destroy out of it. ¹⁰ For, the stars of the heavens, and their constellations, shall not flash forth their light,––Obscured, shall be, the sun, in his, going forth, And, the moon, shall not shed her light. ¹¹ And I will visit, upon the inhabited earth, calamity, And, upon the lawless, their punishment, And will quiet the arrogance of the proud, And, the loftiness of tyrants, will I lay low. ¹² I will cause, a man, to be more precious than, fine gold,––Even, a son of earth, than, the finest gold of Ophir. ¹³ For this cause, the heavens, will I disturb, And, the earth, shall tremble, out of her place,––In the wrath of Yahweh of hosts, And in the day of the glow of his anger. ¹⁴ And it shall be––Like a gazelle that is chased, And like a sheep with none, to lift it up,––Each, to his own people, will they turn, And, each, to his own land, will they flee:

¹ The word which Yahweh spake, Against Babylon, Against the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet: ² Tell ye among the nations, And let it be heard, And lift ye up a standard, Let it be heard, do not conceal: Say ye––Captured, is Babylon, Confounded, is Bel, Broken in pieces, is Merodach, Confounded, are her images, Broken down, her manufactured gods; ³ For there hath come up against her––a nation out of the North, The same, shall make her land an astonishment, And there shall be none to dwell therein,––Both man and beast, have removed––have gone! ⁴ In those days, and at that time, Declareth Yahweh, Shall the sons of Israel come in, They, and the sons of Judah, together: Weeping as they travel, so shall they journey on, And, Yahweh their God, shall they seek; ⁵ To Zion, shall they ask the way, Hitherward, their faces, Come and let us join ourselves unto Yahweh, In a covenant age–abiding, which shall not be forgotten. ⁶ Wandering sheep, have, my people, been, Their own shepherds, led them astray, On the mountains, they seduced them, From mountain to hill, have they gone, They have forgotten their couching–place. ⁷ All who found them, devoured them, And, their adversaries, said––We shall not be guilty,––Because they have sinned, Against, Yahweh, the pasturage of righteousness, Yea, the hope of their fathers––Yahweh. ⁸ Remove ye out of the midst of Babylon, And, out of the land of the Chaldeans, come ye forth,––And become ye like he–goats before the flock;
⁹ For lo! I, am rousing and bringing up against Babylon, a gathered host of great nations, out of the land of the North, And they shall array themselves against her, From thence, shall she be captured,––His arrows, are as of a hero making childless, None shall return, empty. ¹⁰ So shall the Chaldeans become a spoil,––All her spoilers, shall be satisfied, Declareth Yahweh; ¹¹ Because they used to be glad, Because they used to be uproarious, When plundering mine inheritance,––Because they used to caper about as a heifer at grass, And bellow like bulls. ¹² Your mother, hath turned very pale, She that bare you, hath turned red,––Lo! the last of nations, is––A desert, A parched land, and, A waste plain. ¹³ Because of the vexation of Yahweh, she shall not be inhabited, But shall become a complete, desolation,––Every one passing by Babylon, shall be astonished and hiss, over all her plagues. ¹⁴ Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, All ye who tread the bow, Shoot at her, do not spare so much as an arrow,––For, against Yahweh, hath she sinned. ¹⁵ Raise a shout against her round about, She hath stretched forth her hand, Fallen, are her buttresses, Torn down, are her walls,––Because, the avenging of Yahweh, it is, Take ye vengeance upon her, As she hath done, do ye, unto her. ¹⁶ Cut ye off the sower from Babylon, And him that graspeth the sickle, in the time of harvest. From the face of the sword of the oppressor, Each, to his own people, will they turn, and, Each, to his own land, will they flee. ¹⁷ A sheep all alone, is Israel, Lions, have driven him away,––At the first, the king of Assyria, devoured him, And, here, at the last, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, hath broken his bones! ¹⁸ Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Behold me! bringing punishment against the king of Babylon, and against his land,––Just as I brought punishment against the king of Assyria. ¹⁹ So will I bring back Israel unto his own pasture, And he shall feed upon Carmel and Bashan; And, in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead, shall, his soul, be satisfied. ²⁰ In those days, and in that time, Declareth Yahweh, The iniquity of Israel, shall be sought, and, there shall be, none, And the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; For I will grant pardon to them whom I suffer to remain.
²¹ Against the land of Merathaim, go thou up against her, And against the inhabitants of Pekod,––Lay waste and devote to destruction after them, Declareth Yahweh, And do according to all which I have commanded thee. ²² The, sound of battle, is in the earth,––And a great destruction. ²³ How, is cut and broken, the hammer of all the earth! How hath, Babylon, become an astonishment, among the nations! ²⁴ I laid a snare for thee, yea, and thou wast captured, O Babylon, when, thou, wast not aware,––Thou wast found out, yea and taken, For, with Yahweh, hadst thou contended. ²⁵ Yahweh opened, his armoury, and brought out his weapons of indignation,––For, a work, it is, pertaining to My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, in the land of the Chaldeans. ²⁶ Come ye against her from farthest parts, Throw open her granaries, Cast her up as heaps, and devote her to destruction,––Do not let her have, a remnant. ²⁷ Cut up all her bullocks, Let them go down to the slaughter,––Alas for them! For their day, hath come, Their time for punishment. ²⁸ The voice, Of them who are in flight, and, Of such as are escaping, out of the land of Babylon,––To tell in Zion, The avenging of Yahweh our God, The avenging of his temple. ²⁹ Publish against Babylon, ye chiefs of all who tread the bow––Encamp against her round about, Let there be none to escape, Recompense to her according to her work, According to all which she did, do ye to her,––For, Against Yahweh, hath she acted presumptuously, Against the Holy One of Israel. ³⁰ Therefore, shall her young men fall in her broadways,––And, all her men of war, be silenced in that day, Declareth Yahweh. ³¹ Behold me! against thee, most insolent one, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh of hosts; For thy day, hath come, Thy time for punishment; ³² So shall the most insolent one stumble, and fall, And he shall have none, to lift him up,––And I will kindle a fire in his cities, which shall devour all who are round about him.
³³ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts––Oppressed, were the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah, together,––And, all who took them captive, Held them fast, Refused to let them go:–– ³⁴ Their Redeemer, can hold fast, Yahweh of hosts, is his name, He will, thoroughly plead, their plea,––That he may quiet the earth, And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. ³⁵ A sword, is over the Chaldeans, Declareth Yahweh,––And against the inhabitants of Babylon, And against her princes, And against her wise men: ³⁶ A sword, is against the praters, And they shall be shewn to be foolish, A sword, is against her heroes, And they shall be dismayed: ³⁷ A sword, is against his horses and against his chariots, and against all the rabble that are in her midst, And they shall become women,––A sword, is against her treasures, And they shall be made a prey: ³⁸ A drought, is against her waters, And they shall be dried up,––For, a land of images, it is, And, with their shocking things, they act as men who are mad: ³⁹ Therefore, shall the criers, dwell with, the howlers, Yea ostriches, shall dwell therein,––So shall it be dwelt in no more for ever, Neither shall it be inhabited, unto generation after generation. ⁴⁰ Like the divine overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and her neighbours, Declareth Yahweh,––There shall not dwell there––a man, Nor sojourn therein––a son of the earth–born. ⁴¹ Lo! a people coming in from the North,––Yea, a great nation, and many kings, shall be roused up out of the remote parts of the earth: ⁴² Bow and javelin, shall they grasp, Cruel, are they, and will not have compassion, Their voice, like the sea, will roar, And, on horses, will they ride,––Set in array, as one man, for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon! ⁴³ The king of Babylon hath heard, the report of them, And unnerved, are his hands,––Anguish, hath seized him, Writhing pain, as a woman in child–birth. ⁴⁴ Lo! as a lion, shall he come up from the majesty of the Jordan, Unto the pasture perennial, But I will wink––I will make them run away therefrom, Who, then shall be the Chosen One whom, against it, I may set in charge? For who, shall be like unto, me? And who, shall appoint, me, a, time? And who, is, the Shepherd that shall stand before, me? ⁴⁵ Therefore, hear ye, The counsel of Yahweh, which he hath counselled against Babylon, And his devices which he hath devised against the land of the Chaldeans,––Surely the little ones of the flock, shall drag them away, Surely he will cause the pasture to be astounded over them. ⁴⁶ At the noise of the taking of Babylon, the earth, trembled,––And, the outcry, among the nations, was heard.

²¹ Now, to Shem, father of all the sons of Eber, elder brother of Japheth, to him also, were children born. ²² The sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur,––and Arpachshad, and Lud and Aram.

²⁷ These, then are the generations of Terah, Terah, begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran,––and, Haran, begat Lot;

¹⁷ The sons of Shem, Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram,––and Uz, and Hul, and Gethur, and Meshech. ¹⁸ And, Arpachshad, begat Shelah,––and, Shelah, begat Eber. ¹⁹ And, unto Eber, were born two sons,––the name of the one, was Peleg, for, in his days, was the earth divided, and, the name of his brother, was Joktan. ²⁰ And, Joktan, begat Almodad, and Sheleph,––and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah; ²¹ and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah; ²² and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba; ²³ and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these, were the sons of Joktan. ²⁴ Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah; ²⁵ Eber, Peleg, Reu; ²⁶ Serug, Nahor, Terah; ²⁷ Abram––the same, is Abraham.

³⁴ of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham,––of Terah, of Nahor: ³⁵ of Serug, of Reu, of Peleg,––of Eber, of Shelah: ³⁶ of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Shem,––of Noah, of Lamech:

²⁸ And God blessed them, and God said to them––Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it,––and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.

⁴ and the days of Adam, after he begat Seth, were eight hundred years,––and he begat sons and daughters. ⁵ So all the days of Adam which he lived, were nine hundred and thirty years,––and he died.
⁶ And Seth lived, a hundred and five years,––and begat Enosh; ⁷ and Seth lived, after he begat Enosh, eight hundred and seven years,––and begat sons and daughters; ⁸ and all the days of Seth were, nine hundred and twelve years,––and he died. ⁹ And Enosh lived, ninety years,––and begat Kenan; ¹⁰ and Enosh lived, after he begat Kenan, eight hundred and fifteen years,––and begat sons and daughters; ¹¹ and all the days of Enosh were, nine hundred and five years,––and he died. ¹² And Kenan lived, seventy years,––and begat Mahalalel; ¹³ and Kenan lived, after he begat Mahalalel, eight hundred and forty years,––and begat sons and daughters; ¹⁴ and all the days of Kenan were, nine hundred and ten years,––and he died. ¹⁵ And Mahalalel lived, sixty–five years,––and begat Jared; ¹⁶ and Mahalalel lived, after he begat Jared, eight hundred and thirty years,––and begat sons and daughters; ¹⁷ and all the days of Mahalalel were, eight hundred and ninety–five years,––and he died. ¹⁸ And Jared lived, a hundred and sixty–two years, and begat Enoch; ¹⁹ and Jared lived, after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years,––and begat sons and daughters; ²⁰ and all the days of Jared were, nine hundred and sixty–two years,––and he died.
²¹ And Enoch lived, sixty–five years,––and begat Methuselah; ²² and Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hundred years,––and begat sons and daughters; ²³ and all the days of Enoch were, three hundred and sixty–five years; ²⁴ and Enoch walked with God,––and was not, for God had taken him.
²⁵ And Methuselah lived, a hundred and eighty–seven years,––and begat Lamech; ²⁶ and Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred and eighty–two years,––and begat sons and daughters; ²⁷ and all the days of Methuselah were, nine hundred and sixty–nine years,––and he died.
²⁸ And Lamech lived, a hundred and eighty–two years,––and begat a son; ²⁹ and he called his name Noah, saying,––This, one shall give us rest from our work, And from the grievous toil of our hands, By reason of the ground, which Yahweh hath cursed. ³⁰ And Lamech lived, after he begat Noah, five hundred and ninety–five years,––and begat sons and daughters; ³¹ and all the days of Lamech were, seven hundred and seventy–seven years,––and he died. ³² And Noah was five hundred years old,––and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

⁷ Ye, therefore, be fruitful and multiply,––swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.

³ Lo! an inheritance from Yahweh, are children, A reward, the fruit of the womb: ⁴ As arrows in the hand of a warrior, so, are the children of young men.

³ Thy wife, like a fruitful vine, within the recesses of thy house,––Thy children, like plantings of olive–trees, round about thy table. ⁴ Lo! thus, shall be blessed the man who revereth Yahweh.

¹² That, our sons, may be like plants well grown while yet young,––Our daughters, like corner pillars,––carved, in the construction of a palace:

³⁶ of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Shem,––of Noah, of Lamech:

²¹ Now, to Shem, father of all the sons of Eber, elder brother of Japheth, to him also, were children born.

²⁴ When, ships, [come] from the coast of the isles, And humble Assyria, and humble the Hebrew,––And he too, is even to perish?

¹⁹ And, unto Eber, were born two sons,––the name of the one, was Peleg, for, in his days, was the earth divided, and, the name of his brother, was Joktan.

³⁵ of Serug, of Reu, of Peleg,––of Eber, of Shelah:

² Then said Joshua unto all the people––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Beyond the River, dwelt your fathers from age–past times, [unto] Terah, father of Abraham, and father of Nahor,––and they served other gods.

³⁴ of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham,––of Terah, of Nahor:

⁴ And Abram came on his way, according to that which Yahweh had spoken unto him, and Lot came with him,––now, Abram, was seventy–five years old, when he came forth out of Haran. ⁵ And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, with all the goods that they had gathered and the souls that they had gained in Haran,––and they came forth to go towards the land of Canaan, and came in to the land of Canaan.

²⁰ And it came to pass, after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying,––Behold! Milcah––she also, hath borne sons, to Nahor thy brother: ²¹ Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother,––and Kemuel, father of Aram–– ²² and Chesed and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph,––and Bethuel; ²³ And, Bethuel, hath begotten Rebekah,––These eight, hath Milcah borne to Nahor, brother of Abraham. ²⁴ And, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also, hath borne Tebah and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.

⁴ And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said: From Haran, are we. ⁵ And he said to them, Know ye Laban, son of Nahor? And they said, We know [him].

³¹ And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter–in–law, wife of Abram his son,––and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as Haran, and dwelt there.

⁴ And Abram came on his way, according to that which Yahweh had spoken unto him, and Lot came with him,––now, Abram, was seventy–five years old, when he came forth out of Haran.

¹ So Abram came up out of Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, towards the South. ² Now, Abram, was very rich,––in cattle, in silver, and in gold. ³ And he went his way, by his removals, from the South, even as far as to Bethel,––as far as the place where his tent was at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai: ⁴ unto the place of the altar, which he made there at first,––and Abram called, there, on the name of Yahweh.
⁵ Now, Lot also, who was going with Abram, had flocks and herds, and tents. ⁶ And the land suffered them not to dwell together,––because, their substance, had become, great, so that they could not dwell together. ⁷ And there arose a strife betwixt the herdmen of Abram, and the herdmen of Lot. Now, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, were then dwelling in the land. ⁸ So then Abram said unto Lot, Pray let not cause of strife arise betwixt me and thee, or betwixt my herdmen and thy herdmen; for, brethren, are we. ⁹ Is not, all the land, before thee? I pray thee, separate thyself from me,––if to the left hand, then I will go to the right, if to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
¹⁰ So Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the circuit of the Jordan, that, the whole of it, was well–watered,––before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the Garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as thou enterest into Zoar. ¹¹ And Lot chose for himself all the circuit of the Jordan, so Lot brake up eastwards,––and they separated themselves, each man from his brother:

¹² And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, with his goods, and went their way,––he, being a dweller in Sodom.

¹ So the two messengers went in towards Sodom, at eventide, Lot, being seated in the gate of Sodom,––so Lot beheld, and rose up to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the earth. ² And he said, Behold, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into the house of your servant,––and tarry the night, and bathe your feet, so shall ye rise early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay, but, in the broadway, will we tarry the night. ³ But he became exceeding urgent with them, so they turned aside unto him, and entered into his house,––and he made for them a banquet, unleavened cakes, also did he bake, and they did eat.
⁴ Ere yet they lay down, the men of the city––the men of Sodom, had come round against the house, from youth, even unto age,––all the people from every quarter. ⁵ And they called unto Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who have come in unto thee, tonight? Bring them forth unto us, and let us know them! ⁶ And Lot went forth unto them, to the entrance; but, the door, closed he behind him. ⁷ And he said,––Do not, I pray you, my brethren, act wickedly. ⁸ Behold, I pray you, I, have two daughters who have not known man, I must needs, now, bring, them, forth unto you, and do ye, to them, as may be good in your eyes,––Only, to these men, ye may do nothing; for, on this account, have they come under the shade of my roof. ⁹ And they said, Stand back, And they said, This one, by himself, hath come in to sojourn, and must always be acting the judge, Now, will we do more wickedly to thee, than to them. So they pressed sore upon the man––upon Lot––exceedingly, and drew near to break open the door. ¹⁰ And the men thrust forth their hand, and brought Lot in unto them, into the house––and, the door, they closed: ¹¹ the men also who were at the entrance of the house, smote they with blindness, from small even unto great, so that they wearied themselves to find the entrance.
¹² And the men said unto Lot, Whom, besides, hast thou here? Son–in–law, and thy sons and thy daughters, and all that thou hast in the city, bring thou forth out of the place; ¹³ For we are about to destroy this place,––for, great, is the outcry of them unto the face of Yahweh, so that Yahweh hath sent us to destroy it. ¹⁴ And Lot went forth and spake unto his sons–in–law who were about to take his two daughters, and said, Arise, come forth out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city. And it came to pass, that he was as one that laughed, in the eyes of his sons–in–law.
¹⁵ But, as soon as, the dawn, had sprung up, the messengers hastened Lot, saying,––Arise! take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are at hand, lest thou be swept away in the punishment of the city. ¹⁶ And he lingered––so the men laid hold of his hand and of the hand of his wife, and of the hand of his two daughters, in the tenderness of Yahweh towards him,––and they brought him out, and led him forth outside the city. ¹⁷ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale,––To the mountain, escape thou, lest thou be swept away. ¹⁸ And Lot said unto them,––No, I pray thee, My Lord! ¹⁹ Behold, I pray thee, thy servant hath found favour in thine eyes, so that thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness which thou hast performed with me, in keeping alive my soul.––But, I, cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity overtake me, so shall I die. ²⁰ Behold, I pray thee, this city, is near, for fleeing thither, And, it, is a little one,––let me, I pray thee, escape thither––is it not a, little, one? That my soul may live! ²¹ And he said unto him, Behold! I have lifted up thy countenance, even as to this thing,––so that I will not overthrow the city, of which thou hast spoken. ²² Haste thee, escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause, was the name of the city called, Zoar. ²³ When, the sun, had come forth on the earth, Lot, had entered into Zoar.
²⁴ And, Yahweh, rained, upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire,––from Yahweh, out of the heavens: ²⁵ so he overthrew these cities, and all the circuit,––and all the inhabitants of the cities, and the produce of the ground.
²⁶ But his wife looked from behind him,––and became––a pillar of salt.
²⁷ And Abraham gat up early in the morning,––unto the place, where he had stood before Yahweh; ²⁸ and he looked out over the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and over all the face of the land of the circuit,––and beheld, and lo! the smoke of the land went up, like the smoke of a furnace. ²⁹ And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the circuit, that God remembered Abraham,––and sent forth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities wherein Lot had dwelt.

⁷ And, righteous Lot, when getting worn out by the behaviour of them who were impious in wantonness, he rescued––

⁷ And he said unto him,––I, am Yahweh, who brought thee forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land, to inherit it.

⁷ Thou, art Yahweh, God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees,––and madest his name Abraham;

² And, he, said––Brethren and fathers, hearken! The God of Glory, appeared unto our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,–– ³ And said unto him––Get thee forth, out of thy land, and from among thy kindred, and come unto the land which, unto thee, I will point out. ⁴ Then, coming forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran; and, from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, in which, ye, now dwell;

¹⁵ And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name, Sarai,––but, Sarah, is her name;

¹² Moreover also, in truth, my sister, daughter of my father, she is, only not daughter of my mother,––so she became my wife.

²⁰ And it came to pass, after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying,––Behold! Milcah––she also, hath borne sons, to Nahor thy brother:

¹⁵ And it came to pass, ere yet, he, had done speaking, that lo! Rebekah, was coming forth, who had been born to Bethuel son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham,––with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

² And Abram said, My Lord Yahweh, what canst thou give me, when, I, am going on childless,––and, the heir of my house, is Eliezer, of Damascus. ³ And Abram said––Lo, to me, hast thou not given seed,––And lo! a son of my household, is mine heir!

¹ But, Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children,––she had, however, an Egyptian handmaid, whose name was Hagar. ² So then Sarai said unto Abram, Behold, I pray thee, Yahweh, hath restrained me, from bearing, go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid, peradventure I may be built up from her,––And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

¹¹ But, Abraham and Sarah, were old, far gone in days,––it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. ¹² So then Sarah laughed within herself, saying: After I am past age, hath there come to me pleasure, my lord, also being old?

¹ Now, Yahweh, visited Sarah, as he had said,––And Yahweh did for Sarah, as he had spoken. ² So, Sarah, conceived and bare, to Abraham, a son, for his old age,––at the set time, of which God had spoken with him.

²¹ So then Isaac made entreaty unto Yahweh, in behalf of his wife, for she was, barren,––and Yahweh suffered himself to be entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

³¹ And, when Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, he granted her to bear children,––whereas, Rachel, was barren.

¹ And Rachel saw she had borne no children unto Jacob, so Rachel became envious of her sister,––and said unto Jacob, Come! give me children, or else, I die. ² Then kindled the anger of Jacob with Rachel,––and he said, Am I, in the place of God, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

² And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, and, his name, was Manoah; and, his wife, was barren, and had borne no child.

² and, he, had two wives, the name of the one, Hannah, and, the name of the other, Peninnah,––and Peninnah had children, but, Hannah, had no children.

⁹ Causing the barren woman to dwell in a household, A mother of sons in her joy! Praise ye Yah.

⁷ and they had no child, inasmuch as Elizabeth was barren, and, both, had become, advanced in their days.

³⁶ And lo! Elizabeth thy kinswoman, even she, hath conceived a son in, her old–age; ––and, this month, is, the sixth, to her, the so–called barren one;

¹⁹ And it came to pass, that the boundary of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou enterest in towards Gerar, unto Gaza,––as thou enterest in towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, as far as Lasha.

²⁶ And Terah lived seventy years,––and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
²⁷ These, then are the generations of Terah, Terah, begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran,––and, Haran, begat Lot; ²⁸ and Haran died, in the presence of Terah his father,––in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.

³² And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years,––and Terah died in Haran.

¹⁰ Then took the servant ten camels, from among the camels of his lord, and went his way,––all the goods of his master, being in his hand,––so be mounted, and went his way unto Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

⁴³ Now, therefore, my son, hearken to my voice,––and rise, flee thou to Laban my brother, to Haran;

² Then said Joshua unto all the people––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Beyond the River, dwelt your fathers from age–past times, [unto] Terah, father of Abraham, and father of Nahor,––and they served other gods. ³ So I took your father, Abraham, from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan,––and multiplied his seed, and gave unto him, Isaac;

⁸ By faith, being called, Abraham obeyed––to come forth into a place he was destined to receive for an inheritance; and he came forth, not well knowing whither he was coming.