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How many languages existed before Tower of Babel?

Biblical Passages

Genesis 11:1, 9
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

Genesis 10:5, 20, 31
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

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According to Genesis 10, there were many nations and tongues before the Tower of Babel.
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