Genesis 11:2
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.
And it came to passe as they iourneyed from the East, that they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
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2And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
2And the LORD gaue Iehoiakim king of Iudah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God, which he caried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
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11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
11And it shall come to passe in that day, that the LORD shall set his hande againe the second time, to recouer the remnant of his people which shalbe left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, & from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the ylands of the Sea.
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9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
9Therefore is the name of it called †Babel, because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad vpon the face of all the earth.
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Genesis 11:2
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
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Travelled from one place to another.
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The direction of sunrise; lands or regions toward that direction.
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1. Discovered or obtained. 2. Established or founded.
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1. A level tract of land. 2. Clear or evident. 3. Simple or unadorned.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.
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11:1AND the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
11:1¶ And *the whole earth was of one †language, and of one †speach.
11:2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
11:2And it came to passe as they iourneyed from the East, that they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
Selected passage11:3And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
11:3And †they sayd one to another; Goe to, let vs make bricke, and †burne them thorowly. And they had bricke for stone, and slime had they for morter.
11:4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
11:4And they said; Goe to, let vs build vs a city and a tower, whose top may reach vnto heauen, and let vs make vs a name, lest we be scattered abroad vpon the face of the whole earth.
11:5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
11:5And the LORD came downe to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
11:6And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
11:6And the LORD said; Behold, the people is one, and they haue all one language: and this they begin to doe: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they haue imagined to doe.
11:7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
11:7Goe to, let vs go downe, and there cōfound their language, that they may not vnderstand one anothers speech.
11:8So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
11:8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence, vpon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the Citie.
11:9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
11:9Therefore is the name of it called †Babel, because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad vpon the face of all the earth.