Genesis 11:1 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 11:1

Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And the whole earth was of one language - Now while they all understood one another, they would be the more capable of helping one another, and the less inclinable to separate.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If there were any different languages before the flood, yet Noah's only, which it is likely was the same with Adam's, was preserved through the flood, and continued after it.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְהִ֥י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כָל־	khol-	all	H3605 →
הָאָ֖רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
שָׂפָ֣ה	sa.Fah	language	H8193 →
אֶחָ֑ת	'e.Chat	one	H259 →
וּדְבָרִ֖ים	u.de.va.Rim	and words	H1697 →
אֲחָדִֽים׃	'a.cha.Dim	one<s>	H259 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H8193safahlanguage176×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Zephaniah 3:9
For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
leads to
- Zechariah 2:11
  “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 19:18
  In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the…
- Psalms 22:27
  All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Psalms 86:9–10
  All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
- Zechariah 8:20–23
  This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
Through
Isaiah 19:18
In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the…
leads to
- Zephaniah 3:9
  For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
- Isaiah 19:21
  The LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them.
- Jeremiah 12:16
  And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Genesis

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis