Genesis 11:1

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Zeph 3:9 : 9 For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.
  • Acts 2:6 : 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.
  • Isa 19:18 : 18 In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Jehovah of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.

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  • Gen 11:2-9
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    2And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

    3And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

    4And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

    5And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

    6And Jehovah 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.

    7Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

    8So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.

    9Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

  • Acts 2:6-8
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    6And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking in his own language.

    7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying, Behold, are not all these that speak Galilaeans?

    8And how hear we, every man in our own language wherein we were born?

  • Gen 10:5
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    5Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

  • Gen 1:1-2
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    1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

    2And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

  • Gen 1:9-10
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    9And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

    10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

  • 1 Chr 1:19-20
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    19And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

    20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

  • Zeph 3:9
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    9For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.

  • Gen 10:31-32
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    31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

    32These 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.

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    4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

  • Gen 6:1
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    1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them,

  • Acts 2:12
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    12And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

  • Gen 10:25
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    25And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

  • Gen 1:6-7
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    6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

    7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

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    10And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

  • Acts 2:1
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    1And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place.

  • 1 Chr 1:25
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    25Eber, Peleg, Reu,

  • Gen 1:15
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    15and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

  • Gen 14:1
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    1And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

  • Isa 28:11
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    11Nay, but by [men of] strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;

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    19These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread.

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    1And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.