The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 11:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 When they traveled east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it. |
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.
Therefore it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth, and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other.
In the days of King Amraphel of Shinar, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Chedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim,
On that day the Lord will again raise his hand to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
The Lord gave King Jehoiakim of Judah into his power, as well as some of the vessels of the house of God. These he brought to the land of Shinar, and he placed the vessels in the treasury of his gods.
He said to me, “To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it, and when this is prepared, they will set it down there on its base.”