Genesis 11:2

Modern English Version

As the people journeyed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Cross References

Genesis 10:10

The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Uruk, Akkad, and Kalneh in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 11:1

Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.

Genesis 11:9

Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. From there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

Genesis 13:11

Then Lot chose for himself the entire valley of the Jordan and journeyed east, and the two of them separated from each other.

Genesis 14:1

In the days that Amraphel was king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim,

Isaiah 11:11

In that day the Lord shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people, who shall be left, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Daniel 1:2

The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God, and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god. And he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

Zechariah 5:11

He responded, “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar. And when the house is established, the basket will be set there on a pedestal.”