Genesis 11:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 10:10 : 10 And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;
  • Gen 14:1 : 1 And it cometh to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim,
  • Dan 1:2 : 2 and the Lord giveth into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, and some of the vessels of the house of God, and he bringeth them in `to' the land of Shinar, `to' the house of his god, and the vessels he hath brought in `to' the treasure-house of his god.
  • Zech 5:11 : 11 And he saith unto me, `To build to it a house in the land of Shinar.' And it hath been prepared and hath been placed there on its base.
  • Isa 11:11 : 11 And it hath come to pass, in that day, The Lord addeth a second time his power, To get the remnant of His people that is left, From Asshur, and from Egypt, And from Pathros, and from Cush, And from Elam, and from Shinar, And from Hamath, and from isles of the sea,
  • Gen 11:9 : 9 therefore hath `one' called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.
  • Gen 13:11 : 11 and Lot chooseth for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeyeth from the east, and they are parted -- a man from his companion;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

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    1And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,

  • Gen 11:3-9
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    3and they say each one to his neighbour, `Give help, let us make bricks, and burn `them' thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.

    4And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'

    5And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;

    6and Jehovah saith, `Lo, the people `is' one, and one pronunciation `is' to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.

    7Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'

    8And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;

    9therefore hath `one' called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.

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    11And he saith unto me, `To build to it a house in the land of Shinar.' And it hath been prepared and hath been placed there on its base.

  • Gen 10:10-11
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    10And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;

    11from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,

  • Gen 14:1
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    1And it cometh to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim,

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    30and their dwelling is from Mesha, `in' thy coming towards Sephar, a mount of the east.

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    1And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,

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    12Abram hath dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot hath dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and tenteth unto Sodom;

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    31And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.

  • 1 Chr 1:19
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    19And to Eber have been born two sons, the name of the one `is' Peleg, for in his days hath the land been divided, and the name of his brother is Joktan.

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    6and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground.

  • Gen 13:18
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    18And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which `are' in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.

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    1And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.

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    6and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,

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    6And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite `is' then in the land.