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Genesis 11:2
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KJ21
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.
ASV
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
AMP
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
AMPC
And as they journeyed eastward, they found a plain (valley) in the land of Shinar, and they settled and dwelt there.
BRG
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.
CSB
As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.
CSBA
As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.
CEB
When they traveled east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.
CJB
It came about that as they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shin‘ar and lived there.
CEV
but after some of them moved from the east and settled in Babylonia,
DARBY
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
DRA
And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.
ERV
Then people began to move from the East. They found a plain in the land of Babylonia and stayed there to live.
EASY
People moved to the east. They reached a large flat piece of land called Shinar. They stayed there to live.
EHV
As people traveled in the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they settled there.
ESV
And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
ESVUK
And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
EXB
As people ·moved [migrated] ·from the east [or eastward; 2:8; 4:16], they found a plain in the land of ·Babylonia [L Shinar] and settled there.
GNV
And as they went from the East, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and there they abode.
GW
As people moved toward the east, they found a plain in Shinar [Babylonia] and settled there.
GNT
As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Babylonia and settled there.
HCSB
As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.
ICB
As people moved from the East, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia. They settled there to live.
ISV
As people migrated westward, they came across a plain in the region of Shinar and settled there.
JUB
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.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
And it happened as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
LEB
And as people migrated from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
TLB
As the population grew and spread eastward, a plain was discovered in the land of Babylon and was soon thickly populated.
MSG
At one time, the whole Earth spoke the same language. It so happened that as they moved out of the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled down.
MEV
As the people journeyed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
NOG
As people moved toward the east, they found a plain in Shinar [Babylonia] and settled there.
NABRE
When they were migrating from the east, they came to a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.
NASB
And it came about, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
NASB1995
It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
NCB
Migrating from the east, men came upon a plain in the land of Shinar where they settled.
NCV
As people moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
NET
When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
NIRV
They moved to the east and found a broad valley in Babylon. There they made their home.
NIV
As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
NIVUK
As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
NKJV
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.
NLV
And as men traveled in the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and made their home there.
NLT
As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
NRSVA
And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
NRSVACE
And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
NRSVCE
And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
NRSVUE
And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
OJB
And it came to pass, as they migrated from the east, that they found a plain in Eretz Shinar; and they dwelt there.
RGT
And as they went from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they stayed there.
RSV
And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
RSVCE
And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
TLV
When they traveled eastward, they found a valley-plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
VOICE
As many of these people began moving from the eastern regions into the western part of Mesopotamia, they settled down on a plain in the land of Shinar.
WEB
As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
WYC
And when they went forth from the east, they found a field in the land of Shinar, and they dwelled therein.
YLT
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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