Genesis 11:1

Modern English Version

Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.

Cross References

Genesis 10:32

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations. From these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

Genesis 11:2

As the people journeyed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Genesis 11:6

And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do; now nothing that they propose to do will be impossible for them.

Isaiah 19:18

In that day five cities in the land of Egypt shall 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 I will restore to the peoples a pure speech that all of them may call on the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one accord.

Acts 2:6

When this sound occurred, the crowd came together and were confounded, because each man heard them speaking in his own language.