Genesis 11:2
World English Bible (WEB)
As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
In context
1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
3 They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
4 They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
Genesis 11:2 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
- 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.
- 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.