Genesis 11:1
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
In Context
2And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Cross References
Zephaniah 3:9For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to 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 →