NET Bible
"When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there."
— Genesis 11:2, NET Bible
“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 east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. ”
“It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.”
“And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.”
“And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.”
“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.”
The Dispersion of the Nations at Babel The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary.
When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
Then they said to one another,“Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.”(They had brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.)
Then they said,“Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth.”
But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.