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Genesis 11:2
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The Tower of Babel

1 Now the whole earth had one language and one1 speech.  
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land aof Shinar, and they dwelt there.  
3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and1 bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.  
4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower awhose top is in the heavens; let us make a bname for ourselves, lest we cbe scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”  
5 aBut the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.  
6 And the Lord said, “Indeed athe people are one and they all have bone language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they cpropose to do will be withheld from them.  
7 Come, alet Us go down and there bconfuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”  
8 So athe Lord scattered them abroad from there bover the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.  
Verse Comparison: Genesis 11:2

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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.

Amplified® Bible
And as they journeyed eastward, they found a plain (valley) in the land of Shinar, and they settled {and} dwelt there.

Contemporary English Version
but after some of them moved from the east and settled in Babylonia,

Darby English Version
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.

Good News Bible
As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Babylonia and settled there.

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.

New American Standard Bible
It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

New International Version
As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

New 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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Revised Standard Version
And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

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;


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