Genesis 10:9-11

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⁹ He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”^{(A) 10} The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.^{(B) 11} From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah, and