Genesis 10
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Genesis 10:8-12

8Now CushH3568 fatheredH3205 NimrodH5248; he 1becameH2490H1961 a mightyH1368 oneH1368 on the earthH776.

9He was a mightyH1368 hunterH6718 beforeH6440 the LordH3068; thereforeH5921H3651 it is saidH559, “Like NimrodH5248 a mightyH1368 hunterH6718 beforeH6440 the LordH3068.”

10And the beginningH7225 of his kingdomH4467 was 23BabelH894, ErechH751, AccadH390, and CalnehH3641, in the landH776 of 4ShinarH8152.

11From that landH776 he wentH3318 5to AssyriaH804, and builtH1129 NinevehH5210, Rehoboth-IrH7344, CalahH3625,

12and ResenH7449 betweenH996 NinevehH5210 and CalahH3625; that is the greatH1419 cityH5892.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 10:8 Lit began to be ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 10:10 Or Babylon ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 10:10 Gen 11:9 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 10:10 Gen 11:2; 14:1 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 10:11 Mic 5:6 ↩

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