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Genesis 11:1-2
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The Tower of Babel

11 At first everyone spoke the same language, 2 but after some of them moved from the east[a] and settled in Babylonia,[b]

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  1. 11.2 from the east: Or “to the east.”
  2. 11.2 Babylonia: See the note at 10.6-20.
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Genesis 11:1-2
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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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  1. Genesis 11:2 Or from the east; or in the east
  2. Genesis 11:2 That is, Babylonia
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