World English Bible
"It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there."
— Genesis 11:2, World English 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. ”
“When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled 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 whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
They said one to another, "Come, let's make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.