Genesis 11:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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 people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
  • Acts 2:6 : 6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
  • Isa 19:18 : 18 ¶ In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.

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    2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

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    4And they said, Go to, 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.

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

    6And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

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

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

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    6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

    7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

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

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    5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

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

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

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    19And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one [was] Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name [was] Joktan.

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

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    9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

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    31These [are] the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

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    1¶ And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

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    12And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

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

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    10And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

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    25Eber, Peleg, Reu,

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

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    1¶ And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

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    11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

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    19These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

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