Skip to the text

Genesis · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)

Genesis 11 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)

Leer en español
About Slavonic
  • Orthodox
  • OT: Septuagint (Greek)
  • NT: Byzantine text
  • Orthodox
  • Formal (word for word)
  • 1751
  • GNU GPL v3 (digital edition; the text is public domain)

Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings

Notes on this text (3)
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 И҆ бѣ̀ всѧ̀ землѧ̀ ᲂу҆стнѣ̀ є҆ди̑нѣ, и҆ гла́съ є҆ди́нъ всѣ̑мъ.
1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 И҆ бы́сть внегда̀ поитѝ и҆̀мъ ѿ востѡ́къ, ѡ҆брѣто́ша по́ле въ землѝ сеннаа́рстѣй и҆ всели́шасѧ та́мѡ.
2 As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
3 И҆ речѐ человѣ́къ бли́жнемꙋ своемꙋ̀: прїиди́те, сотвори́мъ плі̑нѳы и҆ и҆спече́мъ и҆̀хъ ѻ҆гне́мъ. И҆ бы́сть и҆̀мъ плі́нѳа въ ка́мень, и҆ бре́нїе вмѣ́стѡ мѣ́ла.
3 They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
4 И҆ реко́ша: прїиди́те, сози́ждемъ себѣ̀ гра́дъ и҆ сто́лпъ, є҆гѡ́же ве́рхъ бꙋ́детъ да́же до небесѐ: и҆ сотвори́мъ себѣ̀ и҆́мѧ, пре́жде не́же разсѣ́ѧтисѧ на́мъ по лицꙋ̀ всеѧ̀ землѝ.
4 They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
5 И҆ сни́де гдⷭ҇ь ви́дѣти гра́дъ и҆ сто́лпъ, є҆го́же созида́ша сы́нове человѣ́честїи.
5 Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
6 И҆ речѐ гдⷭ҇ь: сѐ, ро́дъ є҆ди́нъ, и҆ ᲂу҆стнѣ̀ є҆ди̑нѣ всѣ́хъ, и҆ сїѐ нача́ша твори́ти: и҆ нн҃ѣ не ѡ҆скꙋдѣ́ютъ ѿ ни́хъ всѧ̑, є҆ли̑ка а҆́ще восхотѧ́тъ твори́ти.
6 Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
7 Прїиди́те, и҆ соше́дше смѣси́мъ та́мѡ ѧ҆зы́къ и҆́хъ, да не ᲂу҆слы́шатъ кі́йждо гла́са бли́жнѧгѡ (своегѡ̀).
7 Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
8 И҆ разсѣ́ѧ и҆̀хъ ѿтꙋ́дꙋ гдⷭ҇ь по лицꙋ̀ всеѧ̀ землѝ: и҆ преста́ша зи́ждꙋще гра́дъ и҆ сто́лпъ.
8 So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
9 Сегѡ̀ ра́ди нарече́сѧ и҆́мѧ є҆гѡ̀ смѣше́нїе, ꙗ҆́кѡ та́мѡ смѣсѝ гдⷭ҇ь ᲂу҆стна̀ всеѧ̀ землѝ, и҆ ѿтꙋ́дꙋ разсѣ́ѧ и҆̀хъ гдⷭ҇ь по лицꙋ̀ всеѧ̀ землѝ.
9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
10◆ И҆ сїѧ̑ бытїѧ̑ си́мѡва: и҆ бѧ́ше си́мъ сы́нъ ста̀ лѣ́тъ, є҆гда̀ родѝ а҆рфаѯа́да, во второ́е лѣ́то по пото́пѣ:
10 This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
11◆ и҆ поживѐ си́мъ, повнегда̀ роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ а҆рфаѯа́да, лѣ́тъ пѧ́ть сѡ́тъ и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре.
11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
12◆ И҆ поживѐ а҆рфаѯа́дъ лѣ́тъ сто̀ три́десѧть пѧ́ть и҆ родѝ каїна́на:
12 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.
13◆ и҆ поживѐ а҆рфаѯа́дъ, повнегда̀ роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ каїна́на, лѣ́тъ три́ста три́десѧть и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре. И҆ поживѐ каїна́нъ лѣ́тъ сто̀ три́десѧть и҆ родѝ салꙋ̀: и҆ поживѐ каїна́нъ, повнегда̀ роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ салꙋ̀, лѣ́тъ три́ста три́десѧть и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре.
13 Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
14◆ И҆ поживѐ сала̀ лѣ́тъ сто̀ три́десѧть и҆ родѝ є҆ве́ра:
14 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
15◆ и҆ поживѐ сала̀, повнегда̀ роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ є҆ве́ра, лѣ́тъ три́ста три́десѧть и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре.
15 Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
16◆ И҆ поживѐ є҆ве́ръ лѣ́тъ сто̀ три́десѧть четы́ри и҆ родѝ фале́ка:
16 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
17◆ и҆ поживѐ є҆ве́ръ, повнегда̀ роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ фале́ка, лѣ́тъ три́ста се́дмьдесѧтъ и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре.
17 Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
18◆ И҆ поживѐ фале́къ лѣ́тъ сто̀ три́десѧть и҆ родѝ рага́ва:
18 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
19◆ и҆ поживѐ фале́къ, повнегда̀ роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ рага́ва, лѣ́тъ двѣ́стѣ де́вѧть и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре.
19 Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
20◆ И҆ поживѐ рага́въ лѣ́тъ сто̀ три́десѧть два̀ и҆ родѝ серꙋ́ха:
20 Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
21◆ и҆ поживѐ рага́въ, повнегда̀ роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ серꙋ́ха, лѣ́тъ двѣ́стѣ се́дмь и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре.
21 Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
22◆ И҆ поживѐ серꙋ́хъ лѣ́тъ сто̀ три́десѧть и҆ родѝ нахѡ́ра:
22 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
23◆ и҆ поживѐ серꙋ́хъ, повнегда̀ роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ нахѡ́ра, лѣ́тъ двѣ́стѣ и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре.
23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
24◆ И҆ поживѐ нахѡ́ръ лѣ́тъ се́дмьдесѧтъ де́вѧть и҆ родѝ ѳа́ррꙋ:
24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
25◆ и҆ поживѐ нахѡ́ръ, повнегда̀ роди́ти є҆мꙋ̀ ѳа́ррꙋ, лѣ́тъ сто̀ два́десѧть де́вѧть и҆ родѝ сы́ны и҆ дщє́ри: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре.
25 Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
26◆ И҆ поживѐ ѳа́рра лѣ́тъ се́дмьдесѧтъ и҆ родѝ а҆вра́ма и҆ нахѡ́ра и҆ а҆рра́на.
26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Сїѧ̑ же бытїѧ̑ ѳа́рры: ѳа́рра родѝ а҆вра́ма и҆ нахѡ́ра и҆ а҆рра́на. А҆рра́нъ же родѝ лѡ́та:
27 Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
28 и҆ ᲂу҆́мре а҆рра́нъ пред̾ ѳа́ррою ѻ҆тце́мъ свои́мъ въ землѝ, въ не́йже роди́сѧ, въ странѣ̀ халде́йстѣй.
28 Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
29 И҆ поѧ́ста а҆вра́мъ и҆ нахѡ́ръ себѣ̀ жєны̀: и҆ и҆́мѧ женѣ̀ а҆вра́мли са́ра, и҆ и҆́мѧ женѣ̀ нахѡ́ровѣ ме́льха, дщѝ а҆рра́нѧ: се́й є҆́сть ѻ҆те́цъ ме́льхинъ и҆ ѻ҆те́цъ є҆́схинъ.
29 Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.
30 Бѧ́ше же са́ра непло́ды и҆ не ражда́ше дѣте́й.
30 Sarai was barren. She had no child.
31 И҆ поѧ́тъ ѳа́рра а҆вра́ма сы́на своего̀ и҆ лѡ́та сы́на а҆рра́нѧ, сы́на сы́на своегѡ̀, и҆ са́рꙋ снохꙋ̀ свою̀, женꙋ̀ а҆вра́ма сы́на своегѡ̀: и҆ и҆зведѐ ѧ҆̀ и҆з̾ землѝ халде́йскїѧ и҆тѝ на зе́млю ханаа́нскꙋ: и҆ прїидо́ша да́же до харра́на и҆ всели́шасѧ та́мѡ.
31 Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
32 Бы́ша же всѝ дні́е ѳа̑ррины въ землѝ харра́ни лѣ́тъ двѣ́стѣ пѧ́ть: и҆ ᲂу҆́мре ѳа́рра въ харра́нѣ.
32 The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.

People & places in this chapter

From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.

People

  • Arphaxad

    Son of Shem

    Born two years after the flood, a link from Shem toward Abraham.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:22–24; 11:10–13

    See in the family tree

  • Eber

    Namesake of the Hebrews

    The name behind the word 'Hebrew,' father of Peleg.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:24–25; 11:14–17

    See in the family tree

  • Haran

    Father of Lot

    Abraham's brother who died young in Ur, leaving his son Lot.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 11:26–31

    See in the family tree

  • Iscah

    Daughter of Haran

    A daughter of Haran and the sister of Milcah, named only in the account of Terah's family.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 11:29

    See in the family tree

  • Lot

    Abraham's nephew

    Abraham's nephew who chose the plain of Jordan and settled near Sodom.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 11–14; 19

    See in the family tree

  • Milcah

    Wife of Nahor, daughter of Haran

    Haran's daughter and the sister of Iscah, who became the wife of Nahor.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 11:29; Genesis 22:20; Genesis 22:23

    See in the family tree

  • Nahor

    Abraham's grandfather

    The grandfather of Abraham, standing just before Terah in the line.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 11:22–25

    See in the family tree

  • Nahor

    Son of Terah, brother of Abram

    Terah's son and the brother of Abram and Haran, who took Milcah, the daughter of Haran, as his wife.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 11:26; Genesis 11:27; Genesis 11:29

    See in the family tree

  • Peleg

    Son of Eber

    In his days, Scripture says, the earth was divided.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:25; 11:16–19

    See in the family tree

  • Reu

    Son of Peleg

    A link in the generations descending toward Abraham.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 11:18–21

    See in the family tree

  • Serug

    Son of Reu

    Great-grandfather of Abraham in the line from Shem.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 11:20–23

    See in the family tree

  • Shelah

    Son of Arphaxad

    A quiet link in the line from Shem to Eber and Abraham.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:24; 11:12–15

    See in the family tree

  • Shem

    Ancestor of the Hebrews

    Noah's blessed son, ancestor of the Semitic peoples and of Abraham.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 9:18–10:31; 11:10–26

    See in the family tree

  • Terah

    Father of Abraham

    He left Ur with his family and journeyed toward Canaan, settling in Haran.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 11:24–32

    See in the family tree

Places

  • Haran

    Today: Southern Turkey (Upper Mesopotamia)

    A caravan city in Upper Mesopotamia and the family's waypoint between Ur and Canaan. Abraham departed from here for Canaan; Jacob later sojourned with Laban nearby.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:4; Genesis 28:10

    Bible map game · View on OpenStreetMap

  • Ur

    Today: Southern Iraq (near the Euphrates)

    Traditionally the southern Sumerian city (Tell el-Muqayyar) with its famous ziggurat, though some scholars argue for a northern Ur (location debated). Abraham set out from here.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 11:31; Genesis 15:7; Nehemiah 9:7

    Bible map game · View on OpenStreetMap

Cross references (23)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Acts 2:6; Zephaniah 3:9; Isaiah 19:18
  2. 2 Daniel 1:2; Genesis 10:10; Genesis 14:1; Isaiah 11:11; Zechariah 5:11
  3. 3 Genesis 14:10; Exodus 1:14; Exodus 2:3; James 5:1; Hebrews 10:24
  4. 4 Deuteronomy 1:28; John 5:44; Luke 1:51; Deuteronomy 9:1; Daniel 4:30
  5. 5 Psalm 33:13–14; Genesis 18:21; John 3:13; Hebrews 4:13; Jeremiah 23:23–24
  6. 6 Psalm 2:1–4; Genesis 3:22; Genesis 11:1; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Luke 1:51
  7. 7 Psalm 33:10; Job 5:12–13; Genesis 1:26; Psalm 55:9; 1 Corinthians 14:2–11
  8. 8 Luke 1:51; Genesis 10:32; Genesis 10:25; Deuteronomy 32:8; Genesis 11:4
  9. 9 Genesis 10:10; Genesis 10:5; Acts 17:26; Genesis 10:20; 1 Corinthians 14:23
  10. 10 1 Chronicles 1:17–27; Luke 3:34–36; Genesis 11:27; Genesis 10:21–22
  11. 11 Genesis 9:7; Psalm 144:12; Genesis 1:28; Genesis 5:4–32; Psalm 127:3–4
  12. 12 Luke 3:36
  13. 16 Luke 3:35; Numbers 24:24; Genesis 10:21; 1 Chronicles 1:19; Genesis 10:25
  14. 18 Luke 3:35
  15. 20 Luke 3:35
  16. 22 Joshua 24:2
  17. 24 Luke 3:34; Joshua 24:2
  18. 26 Joshua 24:2; Genesis 12:4–5; 1 Chronicles 1:26–27; Genesis 22:20–24; Genesis 29:4–5
  19. 27 Genesis 14:12; Genesis 12:4; Genesis 11:31; 2 Peter 2:7; Genesis 13:1–11
  20. 28 Genesis 15:7; Genesis 11:31; Acts 7:2–4; Nehemiah 9:7
  21. 29 Genesis 17:15; Genesis 22:20; Genesis 24:15; Genesis 20:12
  22. 30 Judges 13:2; Genesis 25:21; 1 Samuel 1:2; Luke 1:7; Luke 1:36
  23. 31 Nehemiah 9:7; Acts 7:2–4; Genesis 12:4; Joshua 24:2–3; Genesis 15:7

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

Why does my Bible say something different?

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 11:1–9 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 3–4)

    Therefore the name of it is called Confusion; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and the Lord God scattered them thence on the face of all the earth." This city, which was called Confusion, is the same as Babylon, whose wonderful construction Gentile history also notices.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  2. Quotes verse 11:6 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 5–8)

    The words, "Nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do," are assuredly not meant as an affirmation, but as an interrogation, such as is used by persons threatening, as e.g., when Dido exclaims, "They will not take arms and pursue?" We are to understand the words as if it had been said, Shall nothing be restrained …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  3. Quotes verse 11:27–29 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 12–15)

    And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah." This Iscah is supposed to be the same as Sarah, Abraham's wife.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)