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Genesis 11:1-2
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Genesis 11:1-2
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Universal Language, Babel, Confusion
11 Now the whole earth [a]spoke one language and used the same words (vocabulary). 2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.(A)
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- Genesis 11:1 Lit was one lip.
Genesis 11:1-2
New International Version
Genesis 11:1-2
New International Version
The Tower of Babel
11 Now the whole world had one language(A) and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward,[a] they found a plain in Shinar[b](B) and settled there.
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- Genesis 11:2 Or from the east; or in the east
- Genesis 11:2 That is, Babylonia
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