Genesis 11:2

As they journeyed in the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.

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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

1Now the whole earth used one language and had the same words.

3They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick instead of stone and tar as mortar.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:10The first centers of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 13:11So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan and traveled east, and the relatives separated from each other.

Isaiah 11:11On that day, the Lord will again extend his hand 1 to recover the remnant of his people who remain in Assyria, Egypt, 1 Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the islands of the sea. 1

Zechariah 5:11He said to me, “To build a temple in the land of Shinar for it, so that when the temple is ready, the basket will be set there on its prepared 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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