Genesis 11:2
King James Version (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.
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, 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.
Genesis 11:2 in every translation
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.