Genesis 11:2

And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.

3And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 13:11And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot went toward the east. And they separated the one from the other:

Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to acquire the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Zechariah 5:11And he said unto me, To build it a house in the land of Shinar; and it shall be established, and set there upon its own base.

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 →

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