Rotherham(i)
1 And God remembered Noah, and all the wild–beasts, and all the tame–beasts that were with him in the ark,––and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided;
2 and the fountains of the roaring–deep were shut, and the windows of the heavens,––and the heavy rain was restrained from the heavens;
3 and the waters returned from off the earth, they went on returning,––and so the waters decreased at the end of a hundred and fifty days.
4 And the ark rested, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month,––on the mountains of Ararat. 5 But, the waters, went on decreasing, until the tenth month,––in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, were seen the tops of the mountains.
6 And it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made; 7 and sent forth a raven,––and it kept going forth and returning, until the drying up of the waters from off the earth. 8 And he sent forth a dove from him,––to see whether the waters had abated, from off the face of the ground; 9 but the dove found no resting–place for the sole of her foot, so she returned unto him into the ark, for, waters, were on the face of all the earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him, into the ark. 10 Then stayed he yet seven days more,––and, again, sent forth the dove, out of the ark. 11 And the dove came in unto him at eventide, and lo! a newly sprouted olive–leaf, in her mouth,––so Noah knew that the waters had abated from off the earth. 12 And he stayed yet seven days more,––and sent forth the dove, but she returned not again unto him any more.
13 So it came to pass, in the six hundred and first year, at the beginning, on the first of the month, that the waters had dried up from off the earth,––and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and lo! the face of the ground was dried. 14 And, in the second month, on the twenty–seventh day of the month, was the earth dry.
15 So then, God spake to Noah, saying: 16 Come forth, out of the ark,––thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives, with thee. 17 All the living creatures that are with thee of all flesh, among birds, and among beasts, and among all the creeping things that creep on the earth, bring forth with thee,––and they shall swarm in the earth, and be fruitful and multiply, on the earth. 18 So Noah came forth,––and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives, with him: 19 All the living creatures, all that move along, and all birds, and all that moveth along over the earth––by their families, came forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar to Yahweh,––and took of all the clean beasts, and of all the clean birds, and caused ascending sacrifices to go up on the altar. 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. 22 During all the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.
9 1 So God blessed Noah and his sons,––and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth; 2 and let, the fear of you and the dread of you, be upon every living creature of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens,––over everything that moveth along on the ground, and over all the fishes of the sea,––into your hand, have they been given. 3 As for every moving thing that hath life, yours, shall it be, for food,––Like the green herb, have I given you, all things. 4 Yet, flesh with the life thereof, the blood thereof, shall ye not eat; 5 And surely, your blood, of your lives, will I require, From the hand of every living creature, will I require it,––and from the hand of man, From the hand of each one’s brother, will I require the life of man: 6 He that sheddeth man’s blood, by man, shall his blood be shed,––For, in the image of God, made he man. 7 Ye, therefore, be fruitful and multiply,––swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and unto his sons with him, saying: 9 I, therefore, behold me! establishing my covenant with you,––and with your seed after you; 10 and with every living soul that is with you, of birds, of tame–beasts, and of all wild–beasts of the earth, that are with you,––of all coming forth out of the ark, even to all wild–beasts of the earth; 11 yea I will establish my covenant with you, so that all flesh shall not be cut off any more, by reason of the waters of a flood,––neither shall there be any more a flood, to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This, is the sign of the covenant, which I am granting betwixt me and you, and every living soul that is with you,––to age–abiding generations:–– 13 My bow, have I set in the cloud,––and it shall be for a sign of a covenant, betwixt me and the earth; 14 and it shall be, when I draw a veil of cloud over the earth,––and the bow in the cloud appeareth, 15 then will I remember my covenant, which is betwixt me and you, and every living soul, among all flesh,––that the waters may no more become a flood, to destroy all flesh: 16 so the bow shall be in the cloud,––and I will behold it, to remember an age–abiding covenant, between God, and every living soul, among all flesh that is on the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah,––This, is the sign of the covenant, which have established, between me, and all flesh that is on the earth.
18 And the sons of Noah who came forth out of the ark, were–Shem, and Ham, and Japheth,––now, Ham, was the father of Canaan. 19 These three, were the sons of Noah,––and, from these, was all the earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to be a husbandman,––so he planted a vineyard; 21 and dank of the wine, and became drunk,––and uncovered himself in the midst of his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s shame,––and told his two brethren, outside. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a mantle, and put it on the shoulder of them both, and went backwards, and covered the shame of their father,––but, their faces, were backwards, and, the shame of their father, saw they not.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine,––and came to know what, his youngest son, had done to him. 25 And he said, Accursed, be Canaan,––a servant of servants, shall he be to his brethren! 26 And he said, Blessed, be Yahweh, God of Shem,––And let Canaan be their servant: 27 God give extension to Japheth, But make his habitation in the tents of Shem,––And let Canaan be their servant.
28 And Noah lived, after the flood,––three hundred and fifty years: 29 so, all the days of Noah, were––nine hundred and fifty years,––and he died.
10 1 Now, these, are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth,––and there were born to them sons, after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Javan and Tubal,––and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And, the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish,––Kittim, and Rodanim. 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.
6 And, the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan. 7 And, the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah and Raamah, and Sabtechah,––And, the sons of Raamah, Sheba and Dedan. 8 And, Cush, begat Nimrod,––he, became a hero in the earth; 9 he, became a hero of hunting before Yahweh,––for this cause, it is said, Like Nimrod, a hero of hunting before Yahweh. 10 So the beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel, and Erech, and Accad and Calneh,––in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land, went forth Asshur,––and he built Nineveh, and Rehoboth–ir, and Calah; 12 and Resen, between Niveveh and Calah,––the same, is the great city. 13 And, Mizraim, begat Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim, and Naphtuchim; 14 and Pathrusim and Casluhim, whence came forth Philistim and Caphtorim.
15 And, Canaan, begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth; 16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite; 17 and the Hivite and the Arkite, and the Sinite; 18 and the Arvadite and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite,––and, afterwards, were spread abroad the families of the Canaanite. 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. 20 These, are the sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues,––in their lands, in their nations.
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. 23 And, the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul, and Gether and Mash. 24 Now, Arpachshad, begat Shelah,––and, Shelah, begat Eber. 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. 26 Now, Joktan, begat Almodad, and Sheleph,––and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah; 27 and Hadoram and Uzal, and Diklah; 28 and Obal and Abimael, and Sheba; 29 and Ophir and Havilah, and Jobab,––all these, were sons of Joktan. 30 And it came to pass that their dwelling was from Mesha,––as thou enterest in towards Sephar, the mountain of the east. 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.
11 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.
4 And the ark rested, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month,––on the mountains of Ararat. 5 But, the waters, went on decreasing, until the tenth month,––in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, were seen the tops of the mountains.
6 And it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made; 7 and sent forth a raven,––and it kept going forth and returning, until the drying up of the waters from off the earth. 8 And he sent forth a dove from him,––to see whether the waters had abated, from off the face of the ground; 9 but the dove found no resting–place for the sole of her foot, so she returned unto him into the ark, for, waters, were on the face of all the earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him, into the ark. 10 Then stayed he yet seven days more,––and, again, sent forth the dove, out of the ark. 11 And the dove came in unto him at eventide, and lo! a newly sprouted olive–leaf, in her mouth,––so Noah knew that the waters had abated from off the earth. 12 And he stayed yet seven days more,––and sent forth the dove, but she returned not again unto him any more.
13 So it came to pass, in the six hundred and first year, at the beginning, on the first of the month, that the waters had dried up from off the earth,––and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and lo! the face of the ground was dried. 14 And, in the second month, on the twenty–seventh day of the month, was the earth dry.
15 So then, God spake to Noah, saying: 16 Come forth, out of the ark,––thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives, with thee. 17 All the living creatures that are with thee of all flesh, among birds, and among beasts, and among all the creeping things that creep on the earth, bring forth with thee,––and they shall swarm in the earth, and be fruitful and multiply, on the earth. 18 So Noah came forth,––and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives, with him: 19 All the living creatures, all that move along, and all birds, and all that moveth along over the earth––by their families, came forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar to Yahweh,––and took of all the clean beasts, and of all the clean birds, and caused ascending sacrifices to go up on the altar. 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. 22 During all the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.
9 1 So God blessed Noah and his sons,––and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth; 2 and let, the fear of you and the dread of you, be upon every living creature of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens,––over everything that moveth along on the ground, and over all the fishes of the sea,––into your hand, have they been given. 3 As for every moving thing that hath life, yours, shall it be, for food,––Like the green herb, have I given you, all things. 4 Yet, flesh with the life thereof, the blood thereof, shall ye not eat; 5 And surely, your blood, of your lives, will I require, From the hand of every living creature, will I require it,––and from the hand of man, From the hand of each one’s brother, will I require the life of man: 6 He that sheddeth man’s blood, by man, shall his blood be shed,––For, in the image of God, made he man. 7 Ye, therefore, be fruitful and multiply,––swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and unto his sons with him, saying: 9 I, therefore, behold me! establishing my covenant with you,––and with your seed after you; 10 and with every living soul that is with you, of birds, of tame–beasts, and of all wild–beasts of the earth, that are with you,––of all coming forth out of the ark, even to all wild–beasts of the earth; 11 yea I will establish my covenant with you, so that all flesh shall not be cut off any more, by reason of the waters of a flood,––neither shall there be any more a flood, to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This, is the sign of the covenant, which I am granting betwixt me and you, and every living soul that is with you,––to age–abiding generations:–– 13 My bow, have I set in the cloud,––and it shall be for a sign of a covenant, betwixt me and the earth; 14 and it shall be, when I draw a veil of cloud over the earth,––and the bow in the cloud appeareth, 15 then will I remember my covenant, which is betwixt me and you, and every living soul, among all flesh,––that the waters may no more become a flood, to destroy all flesh: 16 so the bow shall be in the cloud,––and I will behold it, to remember an age–abiding covenant, between God, and every living soul, among all flesh that is on the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah,––This, is the sign of the covenant, which have established, between me, and all flesh that is on the earth.
18 And the sons of Noah who came forth out of the ark, were–Shem, and Ham, and Japheth,––now, Ham, was the father of Canaan. 19 These three, were the sons of Noah,––and, from these, was all the earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to be a husbandman,––so he planted a vineyard; 21 and dank of the wine, and became drunk,––and uncovered himself in the midst of his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s shame,––and told his two brethren, outside. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a mantle, and put it on the shoulder of them both, and went backwards, and covered the shame of their father,––but, their faces, were backwards, and, the shame of their father, saw they not.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine,––and came to know what, his youngest son, had done to him. 25 And he said, Accursed, be Canaan,––a servant of servants, shall he be to his brethren! 26 And he said, Blessed, be Yahweh, God of Shem,––And let Canaan be their servant: 27 God give extension to Japheth, But make his habitation in the tents of Shem,––And let Canaan be their servant.
28 And Noah lived, after the flood,––three hundred and fifty years: 29 so, all the days of Noah, were––nine hundred and fifty years,––and he died.
10 1 Now, these, are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth,––and there were born to them sons, after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Javan and Tubal,––and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And, the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish,––Kittim, and Rodanim. 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.
6 And, the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan. 7 And, the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah and Raamah, and Sabtechah,––And, the sons of Raamah, Sheba and Dedan. 8 And, Cush, begat Nimrod,––he, became a hero in the earth; 9 he, became a hero of hunting before Yahweh,––for this cause, it is said, Like Nimrod, a hero of hunting before Yahweh. 10 So the beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel, and Erech, and Accad and Calneh,––in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land, went forth Asshur,––and he built Nineveh, and Rehoboth–ir, and Calah; 12 and Resen, between Niveveh and Calah,––the same, is the great city. 13 And, Mizraim, begat Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim, and Naphtuchim; 14 and Pathrusim and Casluhim, whence came forth Philistim and Caphtorim.
15 And, Canaan, begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth; 16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite; 17 and the Hivite and the Arkite, and the Sinite; 18 and the Arvadite and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite,––and, afterwards, were spread abroad the families of the Canaanite. 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. 20 These, are the sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues,––in their lands, in their nations.
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. 23 And, the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul, and Gether and Mash. 24 Now, Arpachshad, begat Shelah,––and, Shelah, begat Eber. 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. 26 Now, Joktan, begat Almodad, and Sheleph,––and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah; 27 and Hadoram and Uzal, and Diklah; 28 and Obal and Abimael, and Sheba; 29 and Ophir and Havilah, and Jobab,––all these, were sons of Joktan. 30 And it came to pass that their dwelling was from Mesha,––as thou enterest in towards Sephar, the mountain of the east. 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.
11 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.