Genesis 11:2

And as they came from the east they founde a playne in the lande of Synear and there they dwelled.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 all the world was of one tonge and one language.

3And they sayd one to a nother: come on let us make brycke ad burne it wyth fyre. So brycke was there stone and slyme was there morter

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Cross References

Genesis 10:10And the begynnynge of hys kyngdome was Babell Erech Achad and Chalne in the lande of Synear:

Genesis 13:11Than Lot chose all the costes of Iordane ad toke hys iourney from the east. And so departed the one brother from the other.

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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