◄ Genesis 11:1 ►
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Good News Translation
At first, the people of the whole world had only one language and used the same words.

New Revised Standard Version
Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.

Contemporary English Version
At first everyone spoke the same language,

New American Bible
The whole world had the same language and the same words.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.

A.

1757. B.C.

2247. was.

Isaiah 19:18 In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt, speaking the language of Chanaan, and swearing by the Lord of hosts: one shall be called the city of the sun.

Zephaniah 3:9 Because then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, that all may call upon the name of the Lord, and may serve him with one shoulder.

Acts 2:6 And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue.

language.

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.…
Cross References
Genesis 10:32
These are the families of Noe, according to their people and nations. By these were the nations divided on the earth after the flood.

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

Genesis 11:6
And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.

Genesis 10:32
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