Genesis 11:2

New English Translation

When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

Cross References

Genesis 10:10

The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 11:1

The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary.

Genesis 11:9

That is why its name was called Babel – because there the Lord confused the language of the entire world, and from there the Lord scattered them across the face of the entire earth.

Genesis 13:11

Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled toward the east. So the relatives separated from each other.

Genesis 14:1

At that time Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations

Isaiah 11:11

At that time the sovereign master will again lift his hand to reclaim the remnant of his people from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the seacoasts.

Daniel 1:2

Now the Lord delivered King Jehoiakim of Judah into his power, along with some of the vessels of the temple of God. He brought them to the land of Babylonia to the temple of his god and put the vessels in the treasury of his god.

Zechariah 5:11

He replied, “To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence.”