Genesis 11:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.”
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“And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 11:2 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 10:10His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Genesis 11:9That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
- Genesis 13:11So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
- Genesis 14:1In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
- Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Daniel 1:2And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.
- Zechariah 5:11“To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”
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