Genesis 11:2
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
Cross References
Genesis 10:10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 13:11So Lot chose for himself all the Plain of the Jordan. And Lot journeyed east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that LORD will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from
Zechariah 5:11And he said to me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar. And when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:2-5
The Confusion of Tongues. ( b. c. 2247.) 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2 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. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered… Read the whole commentary →