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Genesis 11:2

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.

Genesis 11:2 · Webster Bible

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Genesis 11:2 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

WEB World English Bible

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 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.

5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men were building.

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