Places

Babel

A principal city in Shinar associated with both Nimrod's kingdom and the Genesis 11 account of language confusion.

Category

Places

First mention

Genesis 10:10

Tags

2

Genesis 10-11Shinar

Scripture references

  • Genesis 10:10

    The mainstays of his empire were Babel, Erech and Accad, all of them in the land of Shinar.

  • Genesis 11:9

    That is why it was called Babel, since there Yahweh confused the language of the whole world, and from there Yahweh scattered them all over the world.