Genesis 11:2 - The Scriptures 2009

² And it came to be, as they set out from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shin‛ar, and they dwelt there.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.

Genesis 11:2 Cross References

Genesis 10:10

And the beginning of his reign was Baḇel, and Ereḵ, and Akkaḏ, and Kalnĕh, in the land of Shin‛ar.

Genesis 11:1

And all the earth had one language and one speech.

Genesis 11:9

That is why its name was called Baḇel, because there יהוה confused the language of all the earth, and from there יהוה scattered them over the face of all the earth.

Genesis 13:11

So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Yardĕn, and Lot moved east. Thus they separated from each other,

Genesis 14:1

And it came to be in the days of Amraphel sovereign of Shin‛ar, Aryoḵ sovereign of Ellasar, Keḏorla‛omer sovereign of Ěylam, and Tiḏ‛al sovereign of Goyim,

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 Ěylam and from Shin‛ar, from Ḥamath and from the islands of the sea.

Daniel 1:2

And יהוה gave Yehoyaqim sovereign of Yehuḏah into his hand, with some of the utensils of the House of Elohim, which he brought to the land of Shin‛ar to the house of his mighty one. And he brought the utensils into the treasure house of his mighty one.

Zechariah 5:11

And he said to me, “To build a house for it in the land of Shin‛ar. And it shall be established and set there on its own base.”