Beresheet, starting at chapter 10
{10:1} Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of
Noach and of Shem, Cham, and Yefet. Sons were born to them after the
flood.
{10:2} The sons of Yefet: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Yavan, Tuval,
Meshekh, and Tiras. {10:3} The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Rifat, and
Togarmah. {10:4} The sons of Yavan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and
Dodanim. {10:5} Of these were the islands of the nations divided in
their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in
their nations.
{10:6} The sons of Cham: Kush, Mitzrayim, Put, and Kana`an. {10:7}
The sons of Kush: Seva, Chavilah, Savtah, Ra`mah, and Savtekha. The
sons of Ra`mah: Sheva and Dedan. {10:8} Kush became the father of
Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. {10:9} He was a
mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a
mighty hunter before the LORD." {10:10} The beginning of his kingdom
was Bavel, Erekh, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shin`ar. {10:11}
Out of that land he went forth into Ashur, and built Nineveh,
Rechovot-Ir, Kelach, {10:12} and Resen between Nineveh and Kelach (the
same is the great city). {10:13} Mitzrayim became the father of Ludim,
Anamim, Lehavim, Naftuchim, {10:14} Patrusim, Kasluchim (which the
Pelishtim descended from), and Kaftorim.
{10:15} Kana`an became the father of Tzidon (his firstborn), Chet,
{10:16} the Yevusi, the Amori, the Girgashi, {10:17} the Chivvi, the
`Arki, the Sini, {10:18} the Arvadi, the Tzemari, and the Chamati.
Afterward the families of the Kana`anim were spread abroad. {10:19}
The border of the Kana`anim was from Tzidon, as you go toward Gerar,
to `Aza; as you go toward Sedom, `Amorah, Admah, and Tzevoyim, to
Lasha. {10:20} These are the sons of Cham, after their families, after
their languages, in their lands, in their nations.
{10:21} To Shem, the father of all the children of `Ever, the elder
brother of Yefet, to him also were children born. {10:22} The sons of
Shem: `Elam, Ashur, Arpakhshad, Lud, and Aram. {10:23} The sons of
Aram: `Utz, Chul, Geter, and Mash. {10:24} Arpakhshad became the
father of Shelach. Shelach became the father of `Ever. {10:25} To
`Ever were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his
days was the earth divided. His brother's name was Yoktan. {10:26}
Yoktan became the father of Almodad, Shelef, Chatzarmavat, Yerach,
{10:27} Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, {10:28} `Oval, Avima'el, Sheva, {10:29}
Ofir, Chavilah, and Yovav. All these were the sons of Yoktan. {10:30}
Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sefar, the mountain of
the east. {10:31} These are the sons of Shem, after their families,
after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.
{10:32} These are the families of the sons of Noach, after their
generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in
the earth after the flood.
{11:1} The whole earth was of one language and of one speech. {11:2}
It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the
land of Shin`ar; and they lived there. {11:3} They said one to
another, "Come, let's make brick, and burn them thoroughly." They had
brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. {11:4} They said,
"Come, let's build us a city, and a tower, whose top reaches to the
sky, and let's make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad on the
surface of the whole earth."
{11:5} The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the
children of men built. {11:6} The LORD said, "Behold, they are one
people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to
do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
{11:7} Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that
they may not understand one another's speech." {11:8} So the LORD
scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They
stopped building the city. {11:9} Therefore the name of it was called
Bavel, because the LORD confused the language of all the earth, there.
From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the
earth.
{11:10} This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one
hundred years old, and became the father of Arpakhshad two years after
the flood. {11:11} Shem lived after he became the father of Arpakhshad
five hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
{11:12} Arpakhshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of
Shelach. {11:13} Arpakhshad lived after he became the father of
Shelach four hundred three years, and became the father of sons and
daughters.
{11:14} Shelach lived thirty years, and became the father of `Ever:
{11:15} and Shelach lived after he became the father of `Ever four
hundred three years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
{11:16} `Ever lived thirty-four years, and became the father of
Peleg. {11:17} `Ever lived after he became the father of Peleg four
hundred thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
{11:18} Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Re`u.
{11:19} Peleg lived after he became the father of Re`u two hundred
nine years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
{11:20} Re`u lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
{11:21} Re`u lived after he became the father of Serug two hundred
seven years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
{11:22} Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nachor.
{11:23} Serug lived after he became the father of Nachor two hundred
years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
{11:24} Nachor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of
Terach. {11:25} Nachor lived after he became the father of Terach one
hundred nineteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
{11:26} Terach lived seventy years, and became the father of Avram,
Nachor, and Charan.
{11:27} Now this is the history of the generations of Terach. Terach
became the father of Avram, Nachor, and Charan. Charan became the
father of Lot. {11:28} Charan died before his father Terach in the
land of his birth, in Ur of the Kasdim. {11:29} Avram and Nachor took
wives. The name of Avram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nachor's
wife, Milkah, the daughter of Charan who was also the father of
Yiskah. {11:30} Sarai was barren. She had no child. {11:31} Terach
took Avram his son, Lot the son of Charan, his son's son, and Sarai
his daughter-in-law, his son Avram's wife. They went forth from Ur of
the Kasdim, to go into the land of Kana`an. They came to Charan, and
lived there. {11:32} The days of Terach were two hundred five years.
Terach died in Charan.
{12:1} Now the LORD said to Avram, "Get out of your country, and
from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I
will show you. {12:2} I will make of you a great nation. I will bless
you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing. {12:3} I will
bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. In you
will all of the families of the earth be blessed."
{12:4} So Avram went, as the LORD had spoken to him. Lot went with
him. Avram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Charan.
{12:5} Avram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, all their
substance that they had gathered, and the souls who they had gotten in
Charan; and they went forth to go into the land of Kana`an. Into the
land of Kana`an they came. {12:6} Avram passed through the land to the
place of Shekhem, to the oak of Moreh. The Kana`ani was then in the
land.
{12:7} The LORD appeared to Avram, and said, "I will give this land
to your seed."
He built an altar there to the LORD, who appeared to him. {12:8} He
left from there to the mountain on the east of Beit-El, and pitched
his tent, having Beit-El on the west, and `Ai on the east. There he
built an altar to the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD. {12:9}
Avram traveled, going on still toward the South.
{12:10} There was a famine in the land. Avram went down into Egypt
to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was sore in the land.
{12:11} It happened, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that
he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful
woman to look on. {12:12} It will happen, when the Egyptians will see
you, that they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but
they will save you alive. {12:13} Please say that you are my sister,
that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live
because of you."
{12:14} It happened that when Avram had come into Egypt, the
Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. {12:15} The princes
of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was
taken into Pharaoh's house. {12:16} He dealt well with Avram for her
sake. He had sheep, and oxen, and male donkeys, and men-servants, and
maid-servants, and female donkeys, and camels. {12:17} The LORD
plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai,
Avram's wife. {12:18} Pharaoh called Avram, and said, "What is this
that you have done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your
wife? {12:19} Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her
to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your
way."
{12:20} Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him
on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.
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