Genesis 11:2

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 11:2

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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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.

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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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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.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 11

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.”

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