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


In Context

1 And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,

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

3 and they say each one to his neighbour, 'Give help, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.

4 And they say, 'Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the 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 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 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.