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
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)