Verse List for GEN 11:2

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OET (OET-RV) and as they migrated from the east, they discovered a plain in the Shinar region and settled there.

OET-LV And_he/it _was on_their_pulling _out from_east and_they _found a _plain in_land of _Shinˊār and_they _lived there.

ULT And it happened as they migrated from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

UST As time passed, they moved from the eastern regions and eventually came to a wide, flat valley in the region of Shinar and stayed there.

BSB & MSB And as people journeyed eastward,[fn] they found a plain in the land of Shinar[fn] and settled there.

OEB and as they travelled westward, they found a broad valley in the land of Shinar, and made their home there.

WEBBE & WMBB As they travelled east,[fn] they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.

NET When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

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

FBV As they moved east they discovered a plain in the land of Shinar so they settled there.

T4T As people moved further east, they arrived at a plain in Babylonia region and began to live there.

LEB And as people migrated[fn] from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

BBE And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.

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JPS And it came to pass, as they journeyed 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.

DRA And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.

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;

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

RV And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

SLT And it shall be in their removing from the east they shall find a valley in the land of Shmar; and they shall dwell there.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]

KJB-1611 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.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And when they went foorth from the east, they founde a playne in the lande of Sinar, and there they abode.
(And when they went forth from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sinar, and there they abode/stayed.)

Gnva And as they went from the East, they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and there they abode.
(And as they went from the East, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and there they abode/stayed.)

Cvdl Now as they wente towarde the East, they founde a playne in ye londe of Synear, & there they dwelt,
(Now as they went toward the East, they found a plain in ye/you_all land of Synear, and there they dwelt,)

Wycl And whanne thei yeden forth fro the eest, thei fonden a feeld in the lond of Sennaar, and dwelliden ther ynne.
(And when they went forth from the east, they found a field in the land of Sennaar, and dwelled/dwelt therein.)

Luth Da sie nun zogen gen Morgen, fanden sie ein eben Land im Lande Sinear und wohneten daselbst,
(So they/she/them now pulled to/toward morning, found they/she/them a even/just country in_the land Sinear and lived/resided there,)

ClVg Cumque proficiscerentur de oriente, invenerunt campum in terra Sennaar, et habitaverunt in eo.[fn]
(And_when proficiscerentur from/about east, they_found field in/into/on earth/land Sennaar, and they_lived in/into/on by_him.)

UHB וַֽ⁠יְהִ֖י בְּ⁠נָסְעָ֣⁠ם מִ⁠קֶּ֑דֶם וַֽ⁠יִּמְצְא֥וּ בִקְעָ֛ה בְּ⁠אֶ֥רֶץ שִׁנְעָ֖ר וַ⁠יֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ κινῆσαι αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν, εὗρον πεδίον ἐν γῇ Σεναὰρ, καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐκεῖ.

BrTr And it came to pass as they moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Senaar, and they dwelt there.