Genesis 11:2

New American Bible - revised edition

When they were migrating from the east, they came to a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Cross References

Genesis 10:10

His kingdom originated in Babylon, Erech and Accad, all of them in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 11:1

The whole world had the same language and the same words.

Genesis 11:9

That is why it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the speech of all the world. From there the Lord scattered them over all the earth. Descendants from Shem to Abraham.

Genesis 13:11

Lot, therefore, chose for himself the whole Jordan Plain and set out eastward. Thus they separated from each other.

Genesis 14:1

When Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim

Isaiah 11:11

On that day, The Lord shall again take it in hand to reclaim the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria and Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, and Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the isles of the sea.

Daniel 1:2

The Lord handed over to him Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and some of the vessels of the temple of God, which he carried off to the land of Shinar and placed in the temple treasury of his god.

Zechariah 5:11

He replied, “To build a temple for it in the land of Shinar. When the temple is constructed, they will set it there on its base.”