Genesis 11:2

and as they travelled westward, they found a broad valley in the land of Shinar, and made their home there.

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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

1All the inhabitants of the earth had one language and vocabulary;

3Then they said one to another, ‘Come, let us make bricks and thoroughly bake them.’ So they had bricks for stone and asphalt for mortar.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:10The 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 valley of the Jordan and went on to the east; and they separated from one another.

Zechariah 5:11He said to me, ‘To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, they will rest the basket there.’

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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