Genesis 10:9-11

Lexham English Bible

⁹ He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it was said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Yahweh.” ¹⁰ Now,^[a] the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. ¹¹ From that land he went out to Assyria, and he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,