When the people ¹  moved eastward, ²  they found a plain in Shinar ³  and settled there.

biblegateway Gen 11:2

It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.

As people moved toward the east, they found a plain in Shinar [Babylonia] and settled there.

biblegateway Gen 11:2

As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

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

bibleoremus Gen 11:2

And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

As people journeyed in the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

biblegateway Gen 11:2

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.

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.

biblegateway Gen 11:2

When the people ¹  moved eastward, ²  they found a plain in Shinar ³  and settled there.

¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Or perhaps “from the east” (NRSV) or “in the east.”

³ tn Heb “in the land of Shinar.”

³ sn Shinar is the region of Babylonia.