🌱WEB · Genesis 11:1
What does Genesis 11:1 mean?
"The whole earth was of one language and of one speech."
— Genesis 11:1 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
As they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
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Biblical perspective
What does 11:11 mean in the Bible?
Seeing 11:11 and wondering if it's a message? The Bible doesn't treat repeated numbers as signs — but it does have a lot to say about what it means when God is actually speaking.
John 11:11 is a real verse where Jesus speaks plainly to his disciples about Lazarus. It's a passage about resurrection and the power of Jesus over death — more significant than a clock pattern.
John 11:11
"He said these things, and after that, he said to them, 'Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awaken him out of sleep.'"
Deuteronomy 11:1
"Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his instructions, his statutes, his ordinances, and his commandments, always."
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