Genesis 10:8-11

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. 11From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and
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