The Descendants of the Sons of Noah

101 And these 'are' births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge. 2 'Sons of Japheth 'are' Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And sons of Gomer 'are' Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And sons of Javan 'are' Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.

6 And sons of Ham 'are' Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And sons of Cush 'are' Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah 'are' Sheba and Dedan. 8 And Cush hath begotten Nimrod; 9 he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, 'As Nimrod the hero 'in' hunting before Jehovah.' 10 And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar; 11 from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah, 12 and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it 'is' the great city. 13 And Mitzraim hath begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim, 14 and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, (whence have come out Philistim,) and the Caphtorim.

15 And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, 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 have the families of the Canaanite been scattered. 19 And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, 'in' thy coming towards Gerar, unto Gaza; 'in' thy coming towards Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha. 20 These 'are' sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

21 As to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten: 22 Sons of Shem 'are' Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And sons of Aram 'are' Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad hath begotten Salah, and Salah hath begotten Eber. 25 And to Eber have two sons been born; the name of the one 'is' Peleg (for in his days hath the earth been divided,) and his brother's name 'is' Joktan. 26 And Joktan hath begotten 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 'are' sons of Joktan; 30 and their dwelling is from Mesha, 'in' thy coming towards Sephar, a mount of the east. 31 These 'are' sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations. 32 These 'are' families of the sons of Noah, by their births, in their nations, and by these have the nations been parted in the earth after the deluge.

The Tower of Babel

111 And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, 2 and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there; 3 and they say each one to his neighbour, 'Give help, let us make bricks, and burn 'them' thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar. 4 And they say, 'Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'

5 And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded; 6 and Jehovah saith, 'Lo, the people 'is' one, and one pronunciation 'is' to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do. 7 Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.' 8 And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city; 9 therefore hath 'one' called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.

The Descendants of Shem

10 These 'are' births of Shem: Shem 'is' a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge. 11 And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah. 13 And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters. 14 And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber. 15 And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters. 16 And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg. 17 And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu. 19 And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters. 20 And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug. 21 And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters. 22 And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor. 23 And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah. 25 And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters. 26 And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

The Descendants of Terah

27 And these 'are' births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot; 28 and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife 'is' Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife 'is' Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah. 30 And Sarai is barren—she hath no child. 31 And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there. 32 And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.

God's Call to Abram

121 And Jehovah saith unto Abram, 'Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee. 2 And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing. 3 And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'

4 And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram 'is' a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan. 5 And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan.

6 And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite 'is' then in the land. 7 And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, 'To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him. 8 And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah. 9 And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.

Abram in Egypt

10 And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine 'is' grievous in the land; 11 and it cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he saith unto Sarai his wife, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have known that thou 'art' a woman of beautiful appearance; 12 and it hath come to pass that the Egyptians see thee, and they have said, 'This 'is' his wife,' and they have slain me, and thee they keep alive: 13 say, I pray thee, thou 'art' my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.'

14 And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that she 'is' exceeding fair; 15 and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken 'to' Pharaoh's house; 16 and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels. 17 And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house—great plagues—for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife. 18 And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, 'What 'is' this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she 'is' thy wife? 19 Why hast thou said, She 'is' my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.' 20 And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath.

The Temptation of Jesus

41 Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, 2 and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger. 3 And the Tempter having come to him said, 'If Son thou art of God—speak that these stones may become loaves.' 4 But he answering said, 'It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.' 5 Then doth the Devil take him to the 'holy' city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and saith to him, 'If Son thou art of God—cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.' 7 Jesus said to him again, 'It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.' 8 Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, 9 and saith to him, 'All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.' 10 Then saith Jesus to him, 'Go—Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.' 11 Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

12 And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee, 13 and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim, 14 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 15 'Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations!— 16 the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death—light arose to them.' 17 From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, 'Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'

Jesus Calls Four Fishermen

18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea—for they were fishers— 19 and he saith to them, 'Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,' 20 and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him. 21 And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them, 22 and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude

23 And Jesus was going about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every disease, and every malady among the people, 24 and his fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to him all having ailments, pressed with manifold sicknesses and pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them. 25 And there followed him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.