Genesis 10:10

In 11 translations

BSB

His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.That is, Babylonia

KJV

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.Babel: Gr. Babylon

WEB

The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

ASV

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

LSV

And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;

YLT

And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;

DBY

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

DRC

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Arach, and Achad, and Chalanne in the land of Sennaar.

GNV

And the beginning of his kingdome was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

JPS

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

LXXE

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Orech, and Archad, and Chalanne, in the land of Senaar.

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WLC

וַתְּהִ֨י רֵאשִׁ֤ית מַמְלַכְתּוֹ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל וְאֶ֖רֶךְ וְאַכַּ֣ד וְכַלְנֵ֑ה בְּאֶ֖רֶץ שִׁנְעָֽר׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἀρχὴ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ Βαβυλὼν, καὶ Ὀρὲχ, καὶ Ἀρχὰδ, καὶ Χαλάννη, ἐν τῇ γῇ Σεναάρ.

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• Genesis 11:9That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
• Genesis 11:2And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
• Micah 4:10Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand…
• Genesis 14:1In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
• Zechariah 5:11“To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”
• Micah 5:6And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.
• Amos 6:2Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
• Isaiah 10:9“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
• Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
• Isaiah 39:1At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.
• Jeremiah 50:21Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD.
• Daniel 1:2And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the…

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