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.