Beresheet, starting at chapter 10
{10:1} Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of
Noach and of Shem, Ham, 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 isles of the nations divided in
their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in
their nations.
{10:6} The sons of Ham: Kush, Mitzrayim, Put, and Kana`an. {10:7}
The sons of Kush: Seva, Havilah, 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 [1>]eretz[<1]. {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 Ashshur, 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), Het,
{10:16} the Yevusi, the Amori, the Girgashi, {10:17} the Hivvi, the
`Arki, the Sini, {10:18} the Arvadi, the Tzemari, and the Hamati.
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 Ham, 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, Ashshur, Arpakhshad, Lud, and Aram. {10:23} The sons of
Aram: `Utz, Hul, 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
[2>]eretz[<2] divided. His brother's name was Yoktan. {10:26} Yoktan
became the father of Almodad, Shelef, Hatzarmavat, Yerach, {10:27}
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, {10:28} `Oval, Avima'el, Sheva, {10:29} Ofir,
Havilah, 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 [3>]eretz[<3] after the flood.
{11:1} The whole [1>]eretz[<1] was of one language and of one
speech. {11:2} It happened, as they journeyed 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 [2>]eretz[<2]."
{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
[3>]eretz[<3]. They stopped building the city. {11:9} Therefore the
name of it was called Bavel, because the LORD confused the language of
all the [4>]eretz[<4], there. From there, the LORD scattered them
abroad on the surface of all the [5>]eretz[<5].
{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 Haran.
{11:27} Now this is the history of the generations of Terach. Terach
became the father of Avram, Nachor, and Haran. Haran became the father
of Lot. {11:28} Haran 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 Haran 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 Haran, 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 Haran, and lived there. {11:32} The
days of Terach were two hundred five years. Terach died in Haran.
{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 [1>]eretz[<1] 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 Haran.
{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
Haran; 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, "To your descendants I
will give this land."
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 journeyed, going on still toward the South.
{12:10} There was a famine in the land. Avram went down into
Mitzrayim to sojourn there, for the famine was sore in the land.
{12:11} It happened, when he was come near to enter into Mitzrayim,
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 Mitzrim
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 Mitzrayim, the
Mitzrim saw that the woman was very beautiful. {12:15} The princes of
Par`oh saw her, and praised her to Par`oh; and the woman was taken
into Par`oh's house. {12:16} He dealt well with Avram for her sake. He
had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and
maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels. {12:17} The LORD plagued
Par`oh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Avram's
wife. {12:18} Par`oh 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} Par`oh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him
on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.
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Footnotes:
[1] {10:8} earth
[2] {10:25} earth
[3] {10:32} earth
[1] {11:1} earth
[2] {11:4} earth
[3] {11:8} earth
[4] {11:9} earth
[5] {11:9} earth
[1] {12:3} earth
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