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The tower in Babel

11 At this time, everyone who lived on the earth spoke one language. They used the same words. People moved to the east. They reached a large flat piece of land called Shinar. They stayed there to live.

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The Tower of Babel

11 Now the whole world had one language(A) and a common speech. 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