King James Version

Genesis 11:2

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.

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וַֽיְהִ֖יvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בְּנָסְעָ֣םbenaseamin cause to blowנָסַעpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in cause to blow”, the to-form of the verbH5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourneycause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.מִקֶּ֑דֶםmiqedemfrom beforeקֶדֶםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from before”, the ordinary formH6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּvayimtsevand comeמָצָאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and come”, the next action in the storyH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…בִקְעָ֛הviqahvalleyבִּקְעָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “valley”, the ordinary formH1237properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountainsplain, valley.בְּאֶ֥רֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.שִׁנְעָ֖רshinarShinarשִׁנְעָרnoun, proper name — “Shinar”H8152Shinar, a plain in BabyloniaShinar.וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּvayeshevvand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and dwell”, the next action in the storyH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…שָֽׁםshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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