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Genesis 11:10-32

10Theseאֵ֚לֶּה'E.lehH428are the records ofthe generationsתּוֹלְדֹ֣תtol.DotH8435of Shemשֵׁ֔םShemH8035.Shemשֵׁ֚םShemH8035was one hundredמְאַ֣תme.'AtH3967yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121, andbecameH3205the fatherוַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledH3205of Arpachshadאַרְפַּכְשָׁ֑ד'ar.pakh.ShadH775two yearsשְׁנָתַ֖יִםshe.na.Ta.yimH8141afterאַחַ֥ר'a.CharH310the floodהַמַּבּֽוּל׃ha.ma.BulH3999;
11and Shemשֵׁ֗םShemH8035livedוַֽיְחִי־vay.chi-H2421fiveחֲמֵ֥שׁcha.MeshH2568hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141afterאַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310he becameH3205the fatherH3205of Arpachshadאַרְפַּכְשָׁ֔ד'ar.pakh.ShadH775,and he hadH3205othersonsבָּנִ֖יםba.NimH1121and daughtersוּבָנֽוֹת׃ סu.va.NotH1323.
12Arpachshadוְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֣דve.'ar.pakh.ShadH775livedחַ֔יChaiH2421thirty-fiveחָמֵ֥שׁ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםcha.Mesh u.she.lo.ShimH7970H2568yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141,and becameH3205the fatherוַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledH3205of Shelahשָֽׁלַח׃Sha.lachH7974;
13and Arpachshadאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֗ד'ar.pakh.ShadH775livedוַֽיְחִ֣יvay.ChiH2421fourוְאַרְבַּ֥עve.'ar.Ba'H702hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967and threeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsH8141afterאַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310he becameH3205the fatherH3205of Shelahשֶׁ֔לַחShe.lachH7974,and he hadH3205othersonsבָּנִ֖יםba.NimH1121and daughtersוּבָנֽוֹת׃ סu.va.NotH1323.
14Shelahוְשֶׁ֥לַחve.She.lachH7974livedחַ֖יchaiH2421thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimH7970yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141,and becameH3205the fatherוַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledH3205of Eberעֵֽבֶר׃'E.verH5677;
15and Shelahשֶׁ֗לַחShe.lachH7974livedוַֽיְחִי־vay.chi-H2421fourוְאַרְבַּ֥עve.'ar.Ba'H702hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967and threeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsH8141afterאַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310he becameH3205the fatherH3205of Eberעֵ֔בֶר'E.verH5677,and he hadH3205othersonsבָּנִ֖יםba.NimH1121and daughtersוּבָנֽוֹת׃ סu.va.NotH1323.
16Eberעֵ֕בֶר'E.verH5677livedוַֽיְחִי־vay.chi-H2421thirty-fourאַרְבַּ֥ע וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים'ar.Ba' u.she.lo.ShimH7970H702yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141,and becameH3205the fatherוַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledH3205of Pelegפָּֽלֶג׃Pa.legH6389;
17and Eberעֵ֗בֶר'E.verH5677livedוַֽיְחִי־vay.chi-H2421fourוְאַרְבַּ֥עve.'ar.Ba'H702hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967and thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimH7970yearsH8141afterאַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310he becameH3205the fatherH3205of Pelegפֶּ֔לֶגPe.legH6389,and he hadH3205othersonsבָּנִ֖יםba.NimH1121and daughtersוּבָנֽוֹת׃ סu.va.NotH1323.
18Pelegפֶ֖לֶגFe.legH6389livedוַֽיְחִי־vay.chi-H2421thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimH7970yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141,and becameH3205the fatherוַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledH3205of Reuרְעֽוּ׃re.'UH7466;
19and Pelegפֶ֗לֶגFe.legH6389livedוַֽיְחִי־vay.chi-H2421two hundredוּמָאתַ֣יִםu.ma.Ta.yimH3967and nineתֵּ֥שַׁעTe.sha'H8672yearsH8141afterאַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310he becameH3205the fatherH3205of Reuרְע֔וּre.'UH7466,and he hadH3205othersonsבָּנִ֖יםba.NimH1121and daughtersוּבָנֽוֹת׃ סu.va.NotH1323.
20Reuרְע֔וּre.'UH7466livedוַיְחִ֣יvay.ChiH2421thirty-twoשְׁתַּ֥יִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםshe.Ta.yim u.she.lo.ShimH7970H8147yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141,and becameH3205the fatherוַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledH3205of Serugשְׂרֽוּג׃se.RugH8286;
21and Reuרְע֗וּre.'UH7466livedוַיְחִ֣יvay.ChiH2421two hundredוּמָאתַ֣יִםu.ma.Ta.yimH3967and sevenשֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'H7651yearsH8141afterאַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310he becameH3205the fatherH3205of Serugשְׂר֔וּגse.RugH8286,and he hadH3205othersonsבָּנִ֖יםba.NimH1121and daughtersוּבָנֽוֹת׃ סu.va.NotH1323.
22Serugשְׂר֖וּגse.RugH8286livedוַיְחִ֥יvay.ChiH2421thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimH7970yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141,and becameH3205the fatherוַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledH3205of Nahorנָחֽוֹר׃na.ChorH5152;
23and Serugשְׂר֗וּגse.RugH8286livedוַיְחִ֣יvay.ChiH2421two hundredמָאתַ֣יִםma.Ta.yimH3967yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141afterאַחֲרֵ֛י'a.cha.ReiH310he becameH3205the fatherH3205of Nahorנָח֖וֹרna.ChorH5152,and he hadH3205othersonsבָּנִ֖יםba.NimH1121and daughtersוּבָנֽוֹת׃ סu.va.NotH1323.
24Nahorנָח֔וֹרna.ChorH5152livedוַיְחִ֣יvay.ChiH2421twenty-nineתֵּ֥שַׁע וְעֶשְׂרִ֖יםTe.sha' ve.'es.RimH6242H8672yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141,and becameH3205the fatherוַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledH3205ofTerahתָּֽרַח׃Ta.rachH8646;
25and Nahorנָח֗וֹרna.ChorH5152livedוַיְחִ֣יvay.ChiH2421one hundredוּמְאַ֣תu.me.'AtH3967and nineteenתְּשַֽׁע־ עֶשְׂרֵ֥הte.sha'- 'es.RehH8672H6240yearsH8141afterאַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310he becameH3205the fatherH3205of Terahתֶּ֔רַחTe.rachH8646,and he hadH3205othersonsבָּנִ֖יםba.NimH1121and daughtersוּבָנֽוֹת׃ סu.va.NotH1323.
26Terahתֶ֖רַחTe.rachH8646livedוַֽיְחִי־vay.chi-H2421seventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141,and becameH3205the fatherוַיּ֙וֹלֶד֙vai.Yo.ledH3205of Abramאַבְרָ֔ם'av.RamH87,Nahorנָח֖וֹרna.ChorH5152and Haranהָרָֽן׃ha.RanH2039.
27Now theseוְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ve.'E.lehH428are the records ofthe generationsתּוֹלְדֹ֣תtol.DotH8435of Terahתֶּ֔רַחTe.rachH8646.Terahתֶּ֚רַחTe.rachH8646becameH3205the fatherהוֹלִ֣ידho.LidH3205of Abramאַבְרָ֔ם'av.RamH87,Nahorנָח֖וֹרna.ChorH5152and Haranהָרָ֑ןha.RanH2039; andHaranוְהָרָ֖ןve.ha.RanH2039becameH3205the fatherהוֹלִ֥ידho.LidH3205ofLotלֽוֹט׃LotH3876.
28Haranהָרָ֔ןha.RanH2039diedוַיָּ֣מָתvai.Ya.motH4191in the presenceפְּנֵ֖יpe.NeiH6440of his fatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1Terahתֶּ֣רַחTe.rachH8646in the landבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of his birthמוֹלַדְתּ֖וֹmo.lad.ToH4138, inUrבְּא֥וּרbe.'UrH218of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּֽים׃kas.DimH3778.
29Abramאַבְרָ֧ם'av.RamH87andNahorוְנָח֛וֹרve.na.ChorH5152tookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947wivesנָשִׁ֑יםna.ShimH802for themselves. The nameשֵׁ֤םshemH8034of Abram’sאַבְרָם֙'av.RamH87wifeאֵֽשֶׁת־'e.shet-H802wasSaraiשָׂרָ֔יsa.RaiH8297;and the nameוְשֵׁ֤םve.ShemH8034of Nahor’sנָחוֹר֙na.chOrH5152wifeאֵֽשֶׁת־'e.shet-H802wasMilcahמִלְכָּ֔הmil.KahH4435,the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Haranהָרָ֥ןha.RanH2039,the fatherH1of Milcahמִלְכָּ֖הmil.KahH4435and Iscahיִסְכָּֽה׃yis.KahH3252.
30Saraiשָׂרַ֖יsa.RaiH8297was barrenעֲקָרָ֑ה'a.ka.RahH6135;she hadH369noH369childוָלָֽד׃va.LadH2056.
31Terahתֶּ֜רַחTe.rachH8646tookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947Abramאַבְרָ֣ם'av.RamH87his sonH1121,and Lotל֤וֹטLotH3876the sonH1121of Haranהָרָן֙ha.RanH2039,his grandsonH1121,and Saraiשָׂרַ֣יsa.RaiH8297his daughter-in-lawכַּלָּת֔וֹka.la.ToH3618,his sonH1121Abram’sאַבְרָ֣ם'av.RamH87wifeאֵ֖שֶׁת'E.shetH802;and they wentוַיֵּצְא֨וּvai.ye.tze.'UH3318outtogetherאִתָּ֜ם'i.TamH854fromUrמֵא֣וּרme.'UrH218of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֗יםkas.DimH3778in order to enterלָלֶ֙כֶת֙la.Le.khetH1980the landאַ֣רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776of Canaanכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667;and they wentוַיָּבֹ֥אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935as farעַד־'ad-H5704as Haranחָרָ֖ןcha.RanH2771, andsettledוַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּvai.Ye.she.vuH3427thereשָֽׁם׃ShamH8033.
32The daysיְמֵי־ye.mei-H3117of Terahתֶ֔רַחTe.rachH8646were two hundredוּמָאתַ֣יִםu.ma.Ta.yimH3967and fiveחָמֵ֥שׁcha.MeshH2568yearsH8141;and Terahתֶּ֖רַחTe.rachH8646diedוַיָּ֥מָתvai.Ya.motH4191in Haranבְּחָרָֽן׃ סbe.cha.RanH2771.
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