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.


In Context

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, come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

4 And they said, come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we should be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Genesis 11:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:2As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

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 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.