Genesis 11:2

NETBible

When the people 1  moved eastward, 2  they found a plain in Shinar 3  and settled there.

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

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

NLT ©

As the people migrated eastward, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.

MSG ©

It so happened that as they moved out of the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled down.

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.

NRSV ©

And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of 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.

KJV
And it came to pass, as they journeyed
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from the east
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that they found
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a plain
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in the land
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of Shinar
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and they dwelt
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there. {from...: or, eastward}
NASB ©
It came
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about as they journeyed
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east
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, that they found
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a plain
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in the land
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of Shinar
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and settled
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there
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.
LXXM
kai
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CONJ
egeneto
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V-AMI-3S
en
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PREP
tw
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T-DSN
kinhsai
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V-AAN
autouv
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D-APM
apo
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PREP
anatolwn
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N-GPF
euron
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V-AAI-3P
pedion {N-ASN} en
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PREP
gh
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N-DSF
sennaar {N-PRI} kai
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CONJ
katwkhsan {V-AAI-3P} ekei
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ADV
NET [draft] ITL
When
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the people moved
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eastward, they
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found
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a plain
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in Shinar
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and settled
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there
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.
HEBREW
Ms
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wbsyw
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rens
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Urab
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heqb
<01237>
waumyw
<04672>
Mdqm
<06924>
Meonb
<05265>
yhyw (11:2)
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NETBible

When the people 1  moved eastward, 2  they found a plain in Shinar 3  and settled there.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Or perhaps “from the east” (NRSV) or “in the east.”

3 tn Heb “in the land of Shinar.”

3 sn Shinar is the region of Babylonia.