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NASB | Genesis 11:1 Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 11:1 Now the whole earth spoke one language and used the same words (vocabulary). |
Subject: What was the first language of Adam/Eve? |
Bible Note: gubber, this is a very interesting question.. The Ryrie Study Bible states, "The unbridgeable gap between animal sounds and human language, as well as the statement of this verse that originally all men spoke the same language, are inexplicable by the theory of evolution." The Nelson NKJV comments, "The confusion of languages at Babel (11:1-9) marks the beginnings of racial, ethnic, cultural, and familial diversity. Yet in the Promised One, of whom Gen. 12:3 (see also 22:15-18) speaks, there will one day be an end to all divisiveness. The peoples of the earth will become the people of God. All the languages will speak together in praise of the Lamb (Rev. 5:8-14)." There is no mention or evidence that this could be Hebrew (this universal language), but it is interesting that this universal language was the same language that God taught Adam so that He could speak with him in the garden of Eden. Nolan |