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Genesis 11:1
The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
Genesis 11:1 · World English Bible
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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 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
3 They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
4 They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
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