 | George Smith - History, Ancient - 1856 - 546 pages
...the era of the dispersion. Thus Nimrod established a sovereignty. "And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar." Gen. x, 10. Having obtained supremacy at Babel, he extended his government, and built towns in different... | |
 | Art - 1856 - 602 pages
...the settlements along the valley of the Euphrates were originated, " and the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar," all sites of ancient cities which recent exploration and discovery seem to indicate as still traceable... | |
 | Howell Cobb - History - 1856 - 174 pages
...wherefore, it is said, Even as Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Eehoboth, and Calah, and Eesen,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1856 - 856 pages
...wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Hesen... | |
 | Religion - 1994 - 1208 pages
...is said, Like Nimrod. a hero of hunting before Yahweh. 10 So the beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel, and Erech, and Accad and Calneh,— in the land of Shinar. " <From that land> went forth Asshur, — and he built Nineveh, and Reholx)th-ir. and Calali ; 12 and... | |
 | Ronald L. Numbers - Bible and evolution - 1995 - 658 pages
...a general convulsion and inundation of this globe."1" Nimrod was the builder of the citykingdoms of "Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar" (Sumer) . The earliest inhabitants of this lower Mesopotamia!! valley were the Sumerians, and the Sumerians... | |
 | Conor MacDari - Religion - 1996 - 100 pages
...his nature that is cryptically set forth in verse 10 which reads: "And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.'' These names deal with the sex nature and generation and imply that in the beginning of man's career... | |
 | Jewish Publication Society - Religion - 1996 - 406 pages
...wherefore it is said: 'Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.' ''And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. "Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, '"and Resen between... | |
 | Hilton Hotema - Science - 1998 - 452 pages
...a son named Cush, who appears as the father of Nimrod, "and the beginning of his (Nimrod's) kingdom them the potter's field" (27:5, 6, 7). It appears, "according to t (Gen. 10). From the ancient map before us, this kingdom was located on the Euphrates river, near the... | |
 | Douglas Jones, Douglas Wilson - Christian life - 1998 - 226 pages
...mighty one on the earth" — was also dedicated to building cities — "the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, And Resen... | |
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He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, "Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord." And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 
