Genesis 11:2 Parallel Translations

As people moved toward the east, they found a plain in Shinar Babylonia and settled there. (GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ASV:

And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.

ERV:

And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

JPS:

And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

WBS:

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:

It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.

YLT:

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

Genesis 11:2 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 10:10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 14:1 And it came about in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

Daniel 1:2 The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his god. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

11:2 And it came to pass, {a} as {b} they journeyed from the {c} east, that they found a plain in the land of {d} Shinar; and they dwelt there.
(a) One hundred and thirty years after the flood.
(b) That is, Nimrod and his company.
(c) That is, from Armenia where the ark stayed.
(d) Which was afterward called Chaldea.

WES:

11:2 And they found a plain in the land of Shinar - A spacious plain, able to contain them all.

MHC:

11:1-4 How soon men forget the most tremendous judgments, and go back to their former crimes! Though the desolations of the deluge were before their eyes, though they sprang from the stock of righteous Noah, yet even during his life-time, wickedness increases exceedingly. Nothing but the sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit can remove the sinful lusts of the human will, and the depravity of the human heart. God's purpose was, that mankind should form many nations, and people all lands. In contempt of the Divine will, and against the counsel of Noah, the bulk of mankind united to build a city and a tower to prevent their separating. Idolatry was begun, and Babel became one of its chief seats. They made one another more daring and resolute. Let us learn to provoke one another to love and to good works, as sinners stir up and encourage one another to wicked works.

CONC:

Dwell Dwelt East Eastward Flat Journeyed Journeying Living-place Migrated Pass Plain Settled Shinar Stretch Traveled Valley Wandering

Country Dwell Dwelt East Eastward Find Flat Found Journeyed Journeying Living-Place Moved Plain Settled Shinar Stretch Traveled Valley Wandering

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