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Genesis 11:2

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2As people moved toward the east,athey found a plain in Shinar [Babylonia[ and settled there. 

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  1. a11:2 Or “from the east.”
  2. [Proper names or foreign words whose meaning is significant for understanding a particular Bible passage are translated in brackets following the name or phrase

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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.