The beginning of his kingdom was Bavel, Erekh, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shin`ar.
Genesis 11:2 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shin`ar, and they lived there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 Bavel, Erekh, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shin`ar.
Therefore the name of it was called Bavel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
So Lot chose the Plain of the Yarden for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.
It happened in the days of Amrafel, king of Shin`ar, Aryokh, king of Ellasar, Kedorla`omer, king of `Elam, and Tid`al, king of Goyim,
It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Ashur, from Egypt, from Patros, from Kush, from `Elam, from Shin`ar, from Chamat, and from the islands of the sea.
The Lord gave Yehoiakim king of Yehudah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shin`ar to the house of his god: and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
He said to me, *To build her a house in the land of Shin`ar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place.*