Genesis 11:2

NETBible	When the people¹ moved eastward,² they found a plain in Shinar³ and settled there.
NIV © biblegateway Gen 11:2	As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 11:2	It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 11:2	As the people migrated eastward, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 11:2	It so happened that as they moved out of the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled down.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 11:2	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 11:2	And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
NKJV © 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.
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KJV	And it came to pass, as they journeyed <05265> (8800) from the east <06924>_, that they found <04672> (8799) a plain <01237> in the land <0776> of Shinar <08152>_; and they dwelt <03427> (8799) there. {from...: or, eastward}
NASB © biblegateway Gen 11:2	It came <01961> about as they journeyed <05265> east <06924> , that they found <04672> a plain <01237> in the land <0776> of Shinar <08152> and settled <03427> there <08033> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ egeneto <1096> V-AMI-3S en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSN kinhsai <2795> V-AAN autouv <846> D-APM apo <575> PREP anatolwn <395> N-GPF euron <2147> V-AAI-3P pedion {N-ASN} en <1722> PREP gh <1065> N-DSF sennaar {N-PRI} kai <2532> CONJ katwkhsan {V-AAI-3P} ekei <1563> ADV
NET [draft] ITL	When <01961> the people moved <05265> eastward, they <06924> found <04672> a plain <01237> in Shinar <08152> and settled <03427> there <08033> .
HEBREW	Ms <08033> wbsyw <03427> rens <08152> Urab <0776> heqb <01237> waumyw <04672> Mdqm <06924> Meonb <05265> yhyw (11:2) <01961>

NETBible

When the people¹ moved eastward,² they found a plain in Shinar³ and settled there.

NET Notes

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

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

³tn Heb “in the land of Shinar.”

³sn Shinar is the region of Babylonia.