# they journeyed

"they moved around"

# in the east

Possible meanings are 1) "in the east" or 2) "from the east" or 3) "to the east." The preferred choice is "in the east" because [Shinar](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/shinar) is to the east of where scholars believe the ark came to rest.

# settled

stopped moving from one place to another and began to live at one location