Genesis 11:2

And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.

3And each one said to his neighbour: Come, let us make brick, and bake them of stones, and slime instead of mortar.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Arach, and Achad, and Chalanne in the land of Sennaar.

Genesis 13:11And Lot chose to himself the country about the Jordan, and he departed from the east: and they were separated one brother from the other.

Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand the second time to possess the remnant of his people, which shall be left from the Assyrians, and from Egypt, and from Phetros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Sennaar, and from Emath, and from the islands of the sea.

Zechariah 5:11And he said to me: That a house may be built for it in the land of Sennaar, and that it may be established, and set there upon its own basis.

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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