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# Shinar
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## Facts:
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Shinar means “country of two rivers” and was the name of a plain or region in southern Mesopotamia.
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* Shinar later became known as “Chaldea” and then, “Babylonia.”
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* Ancient peoples living in the city of Babel in the Plain of Shinar built a tall tower to try to make themselves great.
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* Generations later, the Jewish patriarch Abraham lived in the city of Ur in this region, which by that time was called “Chaldea.”
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(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names))
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(See also: [Abraham](../names/abraham.md), [Babel](../names/babel.md), [Babylon](../names/babylon.md), [Chaldea](../names/chaldeans.md), [Mesopotamia](../names/mesopotamia.md), [patriarchs](../other/patriarchs.md), [Ur](../names/ur.md))
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## Bible References:
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* [Genesis 10:8-10](rc://en/tn/help/gen/10/08)
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* [Genesis 14:1](rc://en/tn/help/gen/14/01)
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* [Genesis 14:7-9](rc://en/tn/help/gen/14/07)
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* [Isaiah 11:10-11](rc://en/tn/help/isa/11/10)
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* [Zechariah 5:11](rc://en/tn/help/zec/05/11)
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## Word Data:
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* Strong’s: H8152
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