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Genesis 11:2

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11:2When the people3 moved eastward,4 they found a plain in Shinar5 and settled there.

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Footnotes

  1. 3 Heb “they”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 4 Or perhaps “from the east” () or “in the east.”
  3. 5 Heb “in the land of Shinar.” Shinar is the region of Babylonia.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.

NLTNew Living Translation

As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And as people migrated from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

KJV 1900King 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.