Genesis 11:1

Good News Translation

At first, the people of the whole world had only one language and used the same words.

Cross References

Genesis 10:32

All these peoples are the descendants of Noah, nation by nation, according to their different lines of descent. After the flood all the nations of the earth were descended from the sons of Noah.

Genesis 11:2

As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Babylonia and settled there.

Genesis 11:6

and he said, “Now then, these are all one people and they speak one language; this is just the beginning of what they are going to do. Soon they will be able to do anything they want!

Isaiah 19:18

When that time comes, the Hebrew language will be spoken in five Egyptian cities. The people there will take their oaths in the name of the Lord Almighty. One of the cities will be called, “City of the Sun.”

Zephaniah 3:9

“Then I will change the people of the nations, and they will pray to me alone and not to other gods. They will all obey me.

Acts 2:6

When they heard this noise, a large crowd gathered. They were all excited, because all of them heard the believers talking in their own languages.