11:10-11
אֵ֚לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת שֵׁ֔ם
These are the successive generations of Shem (name):
שֵׁ֚ם בֶּן־מְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֔ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֑ד
Shem was a son of one hundred years
and he begat Arpachshad
(enlightened word according to nurturing),
שְׁנָתַ֖יִם אַחַ֥ר הַמַּבּֽוּל׃
two years after the Deluge;
וֽ͏ַיְחִי־שֵׁ֗ם אֽ͏ַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֔ד
And Shem lived, after his begetting Arpachshad,
חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה
five hundred years,
וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃ ס
and he begat sons and daughters;
11:12-13
וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֣ד חַ֔י חָמֵ֥שׁ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה
And Arpachshad had lived thirty five years;
וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־שָֽׁלַח׃
and he begat Shelach (branchlet);
וֽ͏ַיְחִ֣י אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֗ד אֽ͏ַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־שֶׁ֔לַח
And Arpachshad lived, after his begetting Shelach,
שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה
four hundred and three years;
וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃ ס
And he begat sons and daughters;
11:14-15
וְשֶׁ֥לַח חַ֖י שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה
And Shelach had lived thirty years;
וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־עֵֽבֶר׃
and he begat Ever (opposing side);
וֽ͏ַיְחִי־שֶׁ֗לַח אַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־עֵ֔בֶר
And Shelach lived, after his begetting Ever,
שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה
four hundred and three years;
וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃ ס
And he begat sons and daughters;
11:16-17
וַֽיְחִי־עֵ֕בֶר אַרְבַּ֥ע וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה
And Ever lived thirty four years;
וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־פָּֽלֶג׃
And he begat Peleg (division);
וַֽיְחִי־עֵ֗בֶר אַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־פֶּ֔לֶג
And Ever lived, after his begetting Peleg,
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה
four hundred and thirty years;
וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃ ס
And he begat sons and daughters;
11:18-19
וֽ͏ַיְחִי־פֶ֖לֶג שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה
And Peleg lived thirty years;
וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־רְעֽוּ׃
And he begat Reu (friend);
וֽ͏ַיְחִי־פֶ֗לֶג אַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־רְע֔וּ
And Peleg lived, after his begetting Reu,
תֵּ֥שַׁע שָׁנִ֖ים וּמָאתַ֣יִם שָׁנָ֑ה
two hundred and nine years;
וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃ ס
And he begat sons and daughters;
11:20-21
וַיְחִ֣י רְע֔וּ שְׁתַּ֥יִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה
And Reu lived thirty two years,
וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־שְׂרֽוּג׃
And he begat Serug (interwoven);
וַיְחִ֣י רְע֗וּ אַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־שְׂר֔וּג
And Reu lived, after his begetting Serug,
שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים וּמָאתַ֣יִם שָׁנָ֑ה
two hundred and seven years;
וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃ ס
And he begat sons and daughters;
11:22-23
וַיְחִ֥י שְׂר֖וּג שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה
And Serug lived thirty years;
וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־נָחֽוֹר׃
And he begat Nahor (indignation);
וַיְחִ֣י שְׂר֗וּג
אַחֲרֵ֛י הוֹלִיד֥וֹ אֶת־נָח֖וֹר מָאתַ֣יִם שָׁנָ֑ה
And Serug lived, after his begetting Nahor,
two hundred years,
וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃ ס
And begat sons and daughters;
11:24-25
וַיְחִ֣י נָח֔וֹר תֵּ֥שַׁע וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה
And Nahor lived twenty nine years;
וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־תָּֽרַח׃
And he begat Terah (Ibex/adept/migration);
וַיְחִ֣י נָח֗וֹר אַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־תֶּ֔רַח
And Nahor lived,
after his begetting Terah,
תְּשַֽׁע־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה
one hundred and nineteen years;
וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃ ס
And he begat sons and daughters;
11:26-27
וֽ͏ַיְחִי־תֶ֖רַח שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה
And Terah lived seventy years;
וַיּ֙וֹלֶד֙ אֶת־אַבְרָ֔ם אֶת־נָח֖וֹר וְאֶת־הָרָֽן׃
and he begat Avram (elevated father), Nahor (indignation), and Haran (hill);
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת תֶּ֔רַח
Now these are the histories of Terah:
תֶּ֚רַח הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־אַבְרָ֔ם
אֶת־נָח֖וֹר וְאֶת־הָרָ֑ן
Terah had begotten Avram, Nahor, and Haran;
וְהָרָ֖ן הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־לֽוֹט׃
And Haran had begotten Lot (covering, veil) ;
11:28
וַיָּ֣מָת הָרָ֔ן עַל־פְּנֵ֖י תֶּ֣רַח אָבִ֑יו
And Haran died,
in the presence of Terah his father;
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מוֹלַדְתּ֖וֹ בְּא֥וּר כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃
In the land of his birth,
in Ur (enlightenment) of the Chaldeans (Babylonian sages and mystics);
11:29-30
וַיִּקַּ֨ח אַבְרָ֧ם וְנָח֛וֹר לָהֶ֖ם נָשִׁ֑ים
And Avram and Nahor, they took wives for themselves;
שֵׁ֤ם אֵֽשֶׁת־אַבְרָם֙ שָׂרָ֔י
The name of the wife of Avram was Sarai (my princess),
וְשֵׁ֤ם אֵֽשֶׁת־נָחוֹר֙ מִלְכָּ֔ה
בַּת־הָרָ֥ן אֲבִֽי־מִלְכָּ֖ה
And the name of the wife of Nahor was Milcah (counsel/princess),
the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah,
וֽ͏ַאֲבִ֥י יִסְכָּֽה׃
and the father of Yiscah (concealed);
וַתְּהִ֥י שָׂרַ֖י עֲקָרָ֑ה
And it turned out Sarai was barren;
אֵ֥ין לָ֖הּ וָלָֽד׃
there was no child to her;
11:31
וַיִּקַּ֨ח תֶּ֜רַח אֶת־אַבְרָ֣ם בְּנ֗וֹ
And Terah took his son Avram,
וְאֶת־ל֤וֹט בֶּן־הָרָן֙ בֶּן־בְּנ֔וֹ וְאֵת֙ שָׂרַ֣י כַּלָּת֔וֹ
and Lot the son of Haran, son of his son;
and Sarai his daughter-in-law,
אֵ֖שֶׁת אַבְרָ֣ם בְּנ֑וֹ
the wife of Avram his son;
וַיֵּצְא֨וּ אִתָּ֜ם מֵא֣וּר כַּשְׂדִּ֗ים לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ אַ֣רְצָה כְּנַ֔עַן
and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans,
in order to proceed to the land of Canaan,
וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ עַד־חָרָ֖ן וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃
But they came as far as Charan (Hebrew —parched, scorched, burnt; and Akkadian ḫarrānum — 𒄩𒊏𒉡𒌝 road, way, path),
and there they remained;
11:32
וַיִּהְי֣וּ יְמֵי־תֶ֔רַח חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וּמָאתַ֣יִם שָׁנָ֑ה
And the days of Terah were
two hundred and five years;
וַיָּ֥מָת תֶּ֖רַח בְּחָרָֽן׃ ס
And Terah died, in Charan.
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New Testament (King James Version):
“ I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.” John 14:6
“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:” Matthew 7:13
The whole of the Torah points to the Way of God in contrast to the way of man.
The text frequently points to opposites illustrating this (see verse 31 above).
“For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.” John 5:46
Website translation into English by Eddie Van Gent,
together with his wife, Maraea Van Gent (Masters of Humanities in Social Sciences, Majoring in Education)
The Hebrew Masoretic Text is Unicode/XML version 1.3 Leningrad Codex,
Build 26.2 from tanach.us
audio excerpts made made from
Tanakh audio recording by Rabbi Dan Be’eri
11:10-32 Hebrew Audio
