Genesis 11:2
As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
World English Bible (Public Domain)
In context
Before · Genesis 11:1
1The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
After · Genesis 11:3–4
3They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. 4They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
Notes and cross references in the WEB
- FootnoteLXX reads “from the east”.