en_tn_condensed/gen/11/01.md

Now

This word shows that the writer is beginning a new part of the story.

the whole earth

This represents all the people on the earth. AT: "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

"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

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

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shinar