NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And it came to pass as they journeyednaca` (naw-sah') to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey from the east qedem (keh'-dem) the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward) that they found matsa' (maw-tsaw') to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present a plain biq`ah (bik-aw') a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains -- plain, valley. in the land 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. of Shinar Shin`ar (shin-awr') Shinar, a plain in Babylonia -- Shinar. and they dwelt yashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry there Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there. International Standard Version As people migrated westward, they came across a plain in the region of Shinar and settled there. NET Bible When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. GOD'S WORD® Translation As people moved toward the east, they found a plain in Shinar [Babylonia] and settled there. King James 2000 Bible 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. Links Genesis 11:2Genesis 11:2 NIV Genesis 11:2 NLT Genesis 11:2 ESV Genesis 11:2 NASB Genesis 11:2 KJV |
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