Genesis 10:8-11

8 Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.

9 By the Lord's help he was a great hunter, and that is why people say, "May the Lord make you as great a hunter as Nimrod!"

10 At first his kingdom included Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all three of them in Babylonia.

11 From that land he went to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

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Genesis 10:8-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 10

This chapter gives an account of the posterity of the three sons of Noah, by whom the world was peopled after the flood, Ge 10:1 of the posterity of Japheth, Ge 10:2-5 of the posterity of Ham, Ge 10:6-20 and of the posterity of Shem, Ge 10:21-32.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 10:8-11

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Genesis 10:8-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 10