en_tn/gen/11/01.md

Now

This word is used here to mark a new part of the story.

the whole earth

This refers all the people on the earth. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

used one language and had the same words

These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize that all people spoke the same language. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

journeyed

This could be translated as "migrated" or "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 is to the east of where scholars believe the ark came to rest.

settled

This means that they stopped moving from one place to another and began to live at one location.