Genesis 10:8-10

8Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.
Or he began to be a mighty man on the earth
9He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10The beginning of his kingdom was bBabel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in cthe land of Shinar.
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