2As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.


In Context

1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.

2 As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

3 They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.

4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth."

Genesis 11:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:2And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:2And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:2And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelled there.