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“And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.”— Genesis 11:6 BSB
“From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.”— Genesis 10:5 BSB
“These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.”— Genesis 10:20 BSB
“These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.”— Genesis 10:31 BSB
“they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.”— Judges 12:6 BSB
“After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.””— Matthew 26:73 BSB
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