Genesis 10:6-12
English Standard Version Anglicised
6 (A)The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.[a] 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 The beginning of his kingdom was (B)Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in (C)the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and 12 Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.
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- Genesis 10:8 Or he began to be a mighty man on the earth
Genesis 10:6-12
New International Version
The Hamites(A)
6 The sons of Ham:
Cush,(B) Egypt, Put(C) and Canaan.(D)
7 The sons of Cush:
Seba,(E) Havilah,(F) Sabtah, Raamah(G) and Sabteka.
The sons of Raamah:
8 Cush was the father[a] of Nimrod,(J) who became a mighty warrior on the earth. 9 He was a mighty(K) hunter(L) before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon,(M) Uruk,(N) Akkad and Kalneh,(O) in[b] Shinar.[c](P) 11 From that land he went to Assyria,(Q) where he built Nineveh,(R) Rehoboth Ir,[d] Calah 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.
Footnotes
- Genesis 10:8 Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26.
- Genesis 10:10 Or Uruk and Akkad—all of them in
- Genesis 10:10 That is, Babylonia
- Genesis 10:11 Or Nineveh with its city squares
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