Genesis 11:1

1 The whole world had one language with a common vocabulary.

Genesis 11:1 In-Context

1 The whole world had one language with a common vocabulary.
2 As people moved toward the east, they found a plain in Shinar [Babylonia] and settled there.
3 They said to one another, "Let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used bricks as stones and tar as mortar.
4 Then they said, "Let's build a city for ourselves and a tower with its top in the sky. Let's make a name for ourselves so that we won't become scattered all over the face of the earth."
5 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the descendants of Adam were building.
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