Gen 10:10, 11:2, Zec 5:11 | ESV | STEP | The beginning of his kingdom was Babel , Erech , Accad , and Calneh , in the land of Shinar .

Genesis 10:10

10 The beginning of his kingdom was ^aBabel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in ^bthe land of Shinar.

2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in ^cthe land of Shinar and settled there.

11 He said to me, “To the ^dland of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”