Year not stated · Flood to Babel
The people settle on a plain in Shinar
The whole earth had one language and a common speech. As people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there (Genesis 11:1-2).
undated in Scripture
Scripture gives no year; immediately precedes the building of Babel
📖 Genesis 11:1–2
1Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech. 2And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Sources: Scripture — Genesis 11:1-2
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