Genesis 11:1

So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech,—and of one stock of words.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And it came to pass as they brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.

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Cross References

Zephaniah 3:9Surely, then, will I turn unto the peoples a lip made pure,—that they all may call on the name of Yahweh, may serve him with one consent.

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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