Genesis 11:1

And all the earth had one language and one tongue.

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In The King James Version

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

In Context

2And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.

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Cross References

Zephaniah 3:9For then I will give the people a clean language, so that they may all make prayer to the Lord and be his servants with one mind.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:1

The old distinction between the sons of God and the sons of men (professors and profane) survived the flood, and now appeared again, when men began to multiply: according to this distinction we have, in this chapter, I. The dispersion of the sons of men at Babel ( ver. 1-9 ), where we have, 1. Their presumptuous provoking design, which was to build a city and a tower, ver. 1-4 . 2. The righteous judgment of God upon them in disappointing their design, by confounding their language, and so scattering them, ver. 5-9… Read the whole commentary →

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