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Genesis 11:2 (WEB)
As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.

Fathers and councils · 7

Origen, Against Celsus V.29Book V
“…of one language and of one speech; 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.”” — editor's note: Cf. Gen. xi. 1, 2.
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Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History I.2Book I
“…giants celebrated by all; now planning to fortify earth against heaven, and in the madness of ungoverned pride to prepare an attack upon the very God of all.” — editor's note: The reference here seems to be to the building of the tower of Babel (Gen. xi. 1–9), although Valesius thinks otherwise. The fact that Eusebius refers to the…
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Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History II.18Book II
“…titles corresponding to the contents of each; for instance, Concerning the things which the Sober Mind desires and execrates,On the Confusion of Tongues,On Flight and Discovery,On Assembly for the sake of Instruction,On the question, ‘Who is heir to things divine?’ or On the division of things into equal and…” — editor's note: περὶ συγκύσεως τῶν διαλέκτων. Upon Gen. xi. 1–9. Still extant, and given by Mangey, I. 404–435 (Schürer, p. 844).
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Jerome, Letters Letter 46
“The patriarch—the first to receive a promise of Christ—is here told to leave the Chaldees, to leave the city of confusion and its rehobothor broad places; to leave also the plain of Shinar, where the tower of pride had been raised to heaven.” — editor's note: Gen. xi. 2, 4.
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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVI.4Book XVI
“Therefore the name of it is called Confusion; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and the Lord God scattered them thence on the face of all the earth.”” — editor's note: Gen. xi. 1–9.
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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 6
““God saw their pride, and frustrated their purpose by causing that they should not understand one another’s speech, and thus tongues became diverse through pride.”” — editor's note: Gen. xi. 1–9.
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Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.22Book I
“…shalt be blessed: and I will bless him that blesseth thee, and I will curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xi. 1–3.
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