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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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east,.... That is, the inhabitants of the whole earth; not Ham and his posterity only, or Nimrod and his company; but as all the sons of Noah and his…
- The Confusion of Tongues 1. נסע nāsa‛ “pluck out, break up, journey.” מקדם mı̂qedem “eastward, or on the east side” as in Gen 2:14; Gen 13:11; Isa 9:11 (12). 6. החלם hachı̂lām “their beginning”,…
Adam Clarke
As they journeyed from the east - Assyria, Mesopotamia, and the country on the borders and beyond the Euphrates, are called the east in the sacred writings. Balaam said that the king of Moab had…
The close of the foregoing chapter tells us that by the sons of Noah, or among the sons of Noah, the nations were divided in the earth after the flood, that is, were distinguished into several tribes…
Cambridge Bible
as they journeyed We are not told who are here spoken of, nor whence they come. This is an indication that this passage (1 9) is derived from an independent tradition distinct from the thread of the…
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