1. Mosebog 11,1 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

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Menneskenes stolthed

1 I begyndelsen talte alle mennesker samme sprog. 2 Efter oversvømmelsen bevægede de sig rundt i Østen og kom til en frugtbar slette i landet Shinar,^[1] hvor de slog sig ned. 3 De sagde til hinanden: „Lad os forme mursten og brænde dem hårde, og lad os bruge asfalt som mørtel. 4 Så kan vi bygge en stor by med et tårn, som når op til himlen. Et sådant projekt vil gøre os berømte og hindre, at vi bliver spredt ud over jorden.” 5 Men Gud steg ned for at se på byen og tårnet, som de var ved at bygge. 6 „Se, hvad de er i stand til at udrette, når de er enige og taler samme sprog,” sagde Gud. „Intet vil være umuligt for dem. 7 Lad os derfor give dem forskellige sprog, så de ikke længere forstår hinanden.” 8 På den måde fik Gud spredt dem ud over hele jorden, og de fik aldrig fuldendt deres byggeri. 9 Man kaldte den påbegyndte by for Babel,^[2] for det var dér, Herren forvirrede menneskene ved at give dem forskellige sprog, og som følge deraf spredtes de ud over hele jorden.

Slægtslinien fra Sem til Abram

10 Det følgende er en liste over Sems efterkommere ned til Abram. To år efter oversvømmelsen—da Sem var 100 år—fik han en søn, som fik navnet Arpakshad. 11 Derefter levede Sem endnu 500 år og fik andre sønner og døtre. 12 Arpakshad var 35 år, da han fik sønnen Shela. 13 Derefter levede Arpakshad endnu 403 år og fik andre sønner og døtre. 14 Shela var 30 år, da han fik sønnen Eber. 15 Derefter levede Shela endnu 403 år og fik andre sønner og døtre. 16 Eber var 34 år, da han fik sønnen Peleg. 17 Derefter levede Eber endnu 430 år og fik andre sønner og døtre. 18 Peleg var 30 år, da han fik sønnen Reu. 19 Derefter levede Peleg endnu 209 år og fik andre sønner og døtre. 20 Reu var 32 år, da han fik sønnen Zerug. 21 Derefter levede Reu endnu 207 år og fik andre sønner og døtre. 22 Zerug var 30 år, da han fik sønnen Nakor. 23 Derefter levede Zerug endnu 200 år og fik andre sønner og døtre. 24 Nakor var 29 år, da han fik sønnen Tera. 25 Derefter levede Nakor endnu 119 år og fik andre sønner og døtre. 26 Tera var 70 år, før han fik sønnerne Abram, Nakor og Haran.^[3] (Ap G 7,4)

Teras slægt

27 Det følgende er en liste over Teras efterkommere. Tera var far til Abram, Nakor og Haran. Haran fik en søn, der blev kaldt Lot, 28 men døde ellers forholdsvis ung på sin fødeegn ved den kaldæiske by Ur. (Hans far, Tera, var stadig i live på det tidspunkt.) 29 Abram giftede sig med Saraj, og Nakor giftede sig med sin niece Milka, en datter af Haran og søster til Jiska. 30 Saraj kunne ikke få børn. 31 Tera tog sin søn Abram, sin svigerdatter Saraj og sit barnebarn Lot med sig og forlod sin hjemby Ur for at drage til Kana’ans land. Men da de kom til byen Karan, slog de sig ned der. 32 Tera blev 205 år gammel og døde i Karan.

King James Version

1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another' speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. 10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty 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 two and thirty 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 nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: 25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram' wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor' wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son' son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram' wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.