CHAPTER EXPLORER
Genesis 11
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32 verses in KJV · 163 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Genesis 11 (KJV)
11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
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.
11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Moses
Approximate study chronology: c. 2346 BC to c. 1817 BC
Chronology and writer attribution are study metadata and may be disputed; they are not presented as inspired dates or universally agreed authorship claims.
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Events connected to Genesis 11
Tower of Babel9 linked versesLifetime of Terah3 linked versesLifetime of Shem2 linked versesLifetime of Arphaxad2 linked versesLifetime of Salah2 linked versesLifetime of Eber2 linked versesLifetime of Peleg2 linked versesLifetime of Reu2 linked versesLifetime of Serug2 linked versesLifetime of Nahor2 linked versesBirth of Abraham2 linked versesAbraham enters Canaan2 linked versesBirth of Arphaxad1 linked verseBirth of Salah1 linked verse
Original-language word-study starting points
H3205ya.ladto beget · 27 occurrencesH8141sha.nehyear · 26 occurrencesH2421cha.yahto live · 16 occurrencesH1121benson: child · 15 occurrencesH3967me.ahhundred · 10 occurrencesH8646te.rachTerah · 9 occurrencesH310a.charafter · 9 occurrencesH1323batdaughter · 9 occurrencesH776e.retsland: country/planet · 8 occurrencesH5152na.chorNahor · 8 occurrencesH7970she.lo.shimthirty · 7 occurrencesH87av.ramAbram · 6 occurrencesH8033shamthere · 6 occurrencesH2039ha.ranHaran · 6 occurrences
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