Genesis 11:1
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And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.

A.

1757. B.C.

2247. was.

Isaiah 19:18 In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt, speaking the language of Chanaan, and swearing by the Lord of hosts: one shall be called the city of the sun.

Zephaniah 3:9 Because then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, that all may call upon the name of the Lord, and may serve him with one shoulder.

Acts 2:6 And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue.

language.

Context
The Tower of Babel
1And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.2And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.…
Cross References
Genesis 10:32
These are the families of Noe, according to their people and nations. By these were the nations divided on the earth after the flood.

Genesis 11:2
And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.

Genesis 11:6
And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.

Lexicon
Now the whole
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

world
הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

had
וַֽיְהִ֥י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

one
אֶחָ֑ת (’e·ḥāṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

language
שָׂפָ֣ה (śā·p̄āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8193: The lip, language, a margin

and a common
אֲחָדִֽים׃ (’ă·ḥā·ḏîm)
Number - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

form of speech.
וּדְבָרִ֖ים (ū·ḏə·ḇā·rîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause


Additional Translations
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all.

And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.

And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,
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