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Genesis 11:2
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Genesis 11:2 · Berean Standard Bible
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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.
As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
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In context
1 Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
4 “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
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