Genesis 11:1

New American Bible - revised edition

The whole world had the same language and the same words.

Cross References

Acts 2:6

At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd, but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

Zephaniah 3:9

For then I will make pure the speech of the peoples, That they all may call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one accord;

Isaiah 19:18

On that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear by the Lord of hosts; one shall be called “City of the Sun.”

Genesis 10:32

These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their origins and by their nations. From these the nations of the earth branched out after the flood.

Genesis 11:2

When they were migrating from the east, they came to a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Genesis 11:6

Then the Lord said: If now, while they are one people and all have the same language, they have started to do this, nothing they presume to do will be out of their reach.