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Genesis 11:1
And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
Genesis 11:1 · Bible in Basic English
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Genesis 11:1 in other translations
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
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In context
1 And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
2 And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.
3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.
4 And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
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