Genesis 11:2
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And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.

from the east.

Genesis 13:11 And Lot chose to himself the country about the Jordan, and he departed from the east: and they were separated one brother from the other.

Shinar.

Genesis 11:9 And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.

Genesis 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Arach, and Achad, and Chalanne in the land of Sennaar.

Genesis 14:1 And it came to pass at that time, that Amraphel, king of Sennaar, and Arioch, king of Pontus, and Chodorlahomor, king of the Elamites, and Thadal, king of nations,

Isaiah 11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand the second time to possess the remnant of his people, which shall be left from the Assyrians, and from Egypt, and from Phetros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Sennaar, and from Emath, and from the islands of the sea.

Daniel 1:2 And the Lord delivered into his hands Joakim, the king of Juda, and part of the vessels of the house of God: and he carried them away into the land of Sennaar, to the house of his god, and the vessels he brought into the treasure house of his god.

Zechariah 5:11 And he said to me: That a house may be built for it in the land of Sennaar, and that it may be established, and set there upon its own basis.

Context
The Tower of Babel
1And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech. 2And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.3And each one said to his neighbour: Come let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar:…
Cross References
Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Arach, and Achad, and Chalanne in the land of Sennaar.

Genesis 11:1
And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.

Genesis 14:1
And it came to pass at that time, that Amraphel, king of Sennaar, and Arioch, king of Pontus, and Chodorlahomor, king of the Elamites, and Thadal, king of nations,

Daniel 1:2
And the Lord delivered into his hands Joakim, the king of Juda, and part of the vessels of the house of God: and he carried them away into the land of Sennaar, to the house of his god, and the vessels he brought into the treasure house of his god.

Zechariah 5:11
And he said to me: That a house may be built for it in the land of Sennaar, and that it may be established, and set there upon its own basis.

Lexicon
And
וַֽיְהִ֖י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

as people journeyed
בְּנָסְעָ֣ם (bə·nā·sə·‘ām)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5265: To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey

eastward,
מִקֶּ֑דֶם (miq·qe·ḏem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6924: The front, of place, time

they found
וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּ (way·yim·ṣə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

a plain
בִקְעָ֛ה (ḇiq·‘āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1237: A split, a wide level valley between mountains

in the land
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

of Shinar
שִׁנְעָ֖ר (šin·‘ār)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8152: Shinar -- another name for Babylon

and settled
וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ (way·yê·šə·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

there.
שָֽׁם׃ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither


Additional Translations
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelled there.

And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

And it came to pass as they moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Senaar, 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 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.

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.

It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.

and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
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