Genesis 10:11-12

11 From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir,^[a] Calah

12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.

Genesis 10:11-12 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.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 83:8; Micah 5:6
• 2. 2 Kings 19:36; Isaiah 37:37; John 1:2; Jonah 3:2,3; Jonah 4:11; Nahum 1:1; Zephaniah 2:13

Footnotes

• [a] Or "Nineveh with its city squares"