Genesis 11:1–9
Genesis 11:1-9
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Published September 29th, 2022
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Genesis 11:1-9
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Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.
וַֽיְהִ֥י כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ שָׂפָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת וּדְבָרִ֖ים אֲחָדִֽים׃
And as people migrated from the east,
וַֽיְהִ֖י בְּנָסְעָ֣ם מִקֶּ֑דֶם
they found a plain in z the land of Shinar
וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּ בִקְעָ֛ה בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שִׁנְעָ֖ר
and settled there.
וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃
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And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks,
וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֗הוּ הָ֚בָה נִלְבְּנָ֣ה לְבֵנִ֔ים
and burn them thoroughly.”
וְנִשְׂרְפָ֖ה לִשְׂרֵפָ֑ה
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And they had brick for stone,
וַתְּהִ֨י לָהֶ֤ם הַלְּבֵנָה֙ לְאָ֔בֶן
a and bitumen for mortar.
וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר הָיָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם לַחֹֽמֶר׃
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Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower b with its top in the heavens,
וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ הָ֣בָה׀ נִבְנֶה־לָּ֣נוּ עִ֗יר וּמִגְדָּל֙ וְרֹאשׁ֣וֹ בַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
and let us make a name for ourselves,
וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֖נוּ שֵׁ֑ם
lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”
פֶּן־נָפ֖וּץ עַל־פְּנֵ֥י כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
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And c the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.
וַיֵּ֣רֶד יְהוָ֔ה לִרְאֹ֥ת אֶת־הָעִ֖יר וְאֶת־הַמִּגְדָּ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנ֖וּ בְּנֵ֥י הָאָדָֽם׃
And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה הֵ֣ן עַ֤ם אֶחָד֙ וְשָׂפָ֤ה אַחַת֙
and this is only the beginning of what they will do.
לְכֻלָּ֔ם וְזֶ֖ה הַחִלָּ֣ם לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת
And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
וְעַתָּה֙ לֹֽא־יִבָּצֵ֣ר מֵהֶ֔ם כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָזְמ֖וּ לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃
Come, d let us go down
הָ֚בָה נֵֽרְדָ֔ה
and there confuse their language,
וְנָבְלָ֥ה שָׁ֖ם שְׂפָתָ֑ם
so that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמְע֔וּ אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפַ֥ת רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
So e the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth,
וַיָּ֨פֶץ יְהוָ֥ה אֹתָ֛ם מִשָּׁ֖ם עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ
and they left off building the city.
וַֽיַּחְדְּל֖וּ לִבְנֹ֥ת הָעִֽיר׃
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Therefore its name was called f Babel,
עַל־כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל
because there the Lord confused 1 the language of all the earth.
כִּי ־שָׁ֛ם בָּלַ֥ל יְהוָ֖ה שְׂפַ֣ת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ
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And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.
וּמִשָּׁם֙ הֱפִיצָ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה עַל־פְּנֵ֖י כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃פ
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