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Genesis 11:2
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.
Genesis 11:2 · Bible in Basic English
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Genesis 11:2 in other translations
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.
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
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In context
1 And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
2 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.
3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.
4 And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
5 And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
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