Genesis 11:1
Right from the time Noah and his family came out of the really big boat called the Ark, everyone talked the same language.
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
In Context
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 →