Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
As people migrated westward, they came across a plain in the region of Shinar and settled there.
New American Standard Bible
It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land
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.
Holman Bible
As people
A Conservative Version
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Amplified
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
Bible in Basic English
And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
Julia Smith Translation
And it shall be in their removing from the east they shall find a valley in the land of Shmar; and they shall dwell there.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And as people migrated from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Modern King James verseion
And it happened, as they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar. And they lived there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And as they came from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and there they dwelled.
NET Bible
When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
New Heart English Bible
It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
The Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass as they brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
Youngs Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
Themes
Babel » A city » Plain » Shinar » Tower » Built
Babylon » Empire of » Called land of shinar
Babylon » City of » In the land of shinar
Dispersion » After building the tower of babel
Language » Confusion of » A punishment for presumption, &c
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 11:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Tower Of Babylon
1 There was a time when the entire earth spoke a common language with an identical vocabulary. 2 As people migrated westward, they came across a plain in the region of Shinar and settled there. 3 They told each other, "Come on! Let's burn bricks thoroughly." They used bricks for stone and tar for mortar.
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Cross References
Genesis 10:10
His kingdom began in the region of Shinar with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.
Genesis 14:1
At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar, Arioch was king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer was king of Elam, and Tidal was king of the Goiim,
Daniel 1:2
Within a week, the Lord handed King Jehoiakim of Judah over to him, along with valuable objects from the house of God. Nebuchadnezzar brought them to the temple of his god in the land of Shinar and stored them in its treasure house.
Isaiah 11:11
At that time, the LORD will reach out his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Zechariah 5:11
He answered me, "To the land of Shinar, so they can build a temple to the woman in the basket. Then when its preparations are complete, the basket will be set there in its place."
Genesis 11:9
Therefore it was called Babylon, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth, and from there the LORD scattered them over the surface of the entire earth.
Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan plain. Then Lot traveled eastward, and they separated from each other.