Genesis 11:1 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ And all the earth had one language and one speech.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ AND THE whole earth was of one language and of one accent and mode of expression.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

Common English Bible

¹ All people on the earth had one language and the same words.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Now the earth was of one language and of the same speech.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.

Genesis 11:1 Cross References

Genesis 10:32

These were the clans of the sons of Noaḥ, according to their generations, in their nations. And from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.

Genesis 11:2

And it came to be, as they set out from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shin‛ar, and they dwelt there.

Genesis 11:6

And יהוה said, “Look, they are one people and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do! And now, they are not going to be withheld from doing whatever they plan to do.

Isaiah 19:18

In that day five cities in the land of Mitsrayim shall speak the language of Kena‛an and swear by יהוה of hosts; one is called the City of Destruction.

Zephaniah 3:9

“For then I shall turn unto the peoples a clean lip, so that they all call on the Name of יהוה, to serve Him with one shoulder.

Acts 2:6

And when this sound came to be, the crowd came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language.