 | William Wotton - Babel, Tower of - 1730 - 80 pages
...To fave the Labour of turning to the Hiftory in the xith of Gene/is, I mall fet it down at Length. And the whole Earth -was of one Language^ and of one Speech. And it came to pafs, as they journeyed from the Eaft, that they found a Plain in the Land of Shinar ; and they dwelt... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 260 pages
...stigmati2ed as the worst of rehels. 40. Marching from Eden towards the -.pKt, &c.1 Gen. xi, a, OK. " And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar And they had hrick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. And they laid, Go to, let us huild... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1799 - 622 pages
...the paflage in Gencfis, ch. xi. ver. 2. which our tranfhtors give thus ; — " And it came to pafs, as they journeyed FROM THE EAST, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there." The difficulty has been to reconcile this journeying from tie Eaß to... | |
 | 1828 - 722 pages
...no connexion with the inhabitants of the great city of Nineveh, which lay due north from Babylon. ' And the whole earth was of one ' language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they f journeyed from the East, that they found a plain in the land of ' Shinar ; and they dwelt there.... | |
 | Christianity - 1803 - 430 pages
...they knew) was of one lan'' guage and of one .speech. — And it came to pass as they jour'' neyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of '' Shinar and they dwelt there. — And they said one to another, •' Go to, let us make brick and... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 502 pages
...the whole of mankind , is included in this description ; and it is inferred from the words of Moses. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one...from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. But I am not certain that these words afford any proof to this opinion... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - History, Ancient - 1807 - 492 pages
...Paschale. p. 36. also Johan. Aiitiochen. 1. 2. p. 18. words of the historian are these : 6° earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to...from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, GO to, let us make brick, and burn them... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 494 pages
...the whole of mankind is included in this description ; and it is inferred from the words of Moses. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed Jrom the east, that they Jound a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. But I am not certain... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...in the earth. wherefore, it is ever since grown into a proverb, As great a tyrant as Xunroll. XI. 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. And as they spread themselves from that eastern mountainous country,... | |
 | Bible - 1808 - 524 pages
...Now when the whole earth was of one lip and all had one 2 voice, it came to pass as they were moving from the east that they found a plain in the land of Sennaar and setded there. 3 And they said one to another, Come let us make bricks and bake them with... | |
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And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. 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. 
