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Genesis 11:2

Shinar

1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

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 throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

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 abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

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BSB
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
KJV
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.
WEB
As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
ASV
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
DARBY
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
BLB
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.
ÅB
Og da de dro fram mot øst, fant de en slette i landet Sinear, og de bosatte seg der.
OTB
Da de reiste østover, oppdaget de en slette i landet Sinear og slo seg ned der.
B1930
Og da de drog frem mot øst, fant de en slette i landet Sinear, og de bosatte sig der.

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  • Daniel 1:2

    And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

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  • Genesis 10:10

    And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

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  • Genesis 14:1

    And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

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  • Isaiah 11:11

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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  • Zechariah 5:11

    And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

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  • Genesis 13:11

    Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

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  • Genesis 11:9

    Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

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