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Genesis 11:1-2
GOD’S WORD Translation

The Tower of Babel

11 The whole world had one language with a common vocabulary. 2 As people moved toward the east,[a] they found a plain in Shinar [Babylonia] and settled there.

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  1. 11:2 Or “from the east.”
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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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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 11:2 Or from the east; or in the east
  2. Genesis 11:2 That is, Babylonia
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