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8 Kush became the father of Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the eretz.
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Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD."
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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
10 The beginning of his kingdom was Bavel, Erekh, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shin`ar.
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The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.
11 Out of that land he went forth into Ashshur, and built Nineveh, Rechovot-Ir, Kelach,
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From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
12 and Resen between Nineveh and Kelach (the same is the great city).
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and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.
13 Mitzrayim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehavim, Naftuchim,
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Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
14 Patrusim, Kasluchim (which the Pelishtim descended from), and Kaftorim.
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Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
15 Kana`an became the father of Tzidon (his firstborn), Het,
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Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
16 the Yevusi, the Amori, the Girgashi,
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Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
17 the Hivvi, the `Arki, the Sini,
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Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
18 the Arvadi, the Tzemari, and the Hamati. Afterward the families of the Kana`anim were spread abroad.
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Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans scattered
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