Genesis 11:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² And it came to be, as they set out from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinʽ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And as they journeyed eastward, they found a plain (valley) in the land of Shinar, and they settled and dwelt there.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

Common English Bible

² When they traveled east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And when they were advancing from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt in it.

Genesis 11:2 Cross References

Genesis 10:10

And the beginning of his reign was Baḇ

Genesis 11:1

And all the earth had one language and one speech.

Genesis 11:9

That is why its name was called Baḇ

Genesis 13:11

So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Yardĕ

Genesis 14:1

And it came to be in the days of Amraphel sovereign of Shinʽ

Isaiah 11:11

And it shall be in that day that יהוה  sets His hand again a second time to recover the remnant of His people who are left, from Ashshur and from Mitsrayim, from Pathros and from Kush, from Ě

Daniel 1:2

And יהוה  gave Yehoyaqim sovereign of Yehuḏ

Zechariah 5:11

And he said to me, “To build a house for it in the land of Shinʽ