Genesis 11:1
And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
In Context
2And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.
Cross References
Zephaniah 3:9Because 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.
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 →