Genesis 11:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

AND THE whole earth was of one language and of one accent and mode of expression.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

All people on the earth had one language and the same words.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now the earth was of one language and of the same speech.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.

Genesis 11:1 Cross References

Genesis 10:32

These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

Genesis 11:2

And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

Genesis 11:6

And the LORD said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.

Isaiah 19:18

In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.

Zephaniah 3:9

For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

Acts 2:6

And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking in his own language.