Genesis 10:11
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
10 His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
13 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
- KJV
- Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
- WEB
- Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
- ASV
- Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
- DARBY
- From that land went out Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
- BLB
- From that land he went to Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-ir and Calah,
- ÅB
- Fra dette land dro han ut til Assur og bygget Ninive og Rehobot-Ir og Kalah
- OTB
- Fra det landet dro han til Assyria, hvor han bygde Ninive, Rehobot-Ir og Kalah,
- B1930
- Fra dette land drog han ut til Assur og bygget Ninive og Rehobot-Ir og Kalah
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Micah 5:6
And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.
Read in contextJonah 1:2
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
Read in contextNahum 1:1
This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
Read in contextPsalms 83:8
Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
Read in contextIsaiah 37:37
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
Read in context2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
Read in contextNumbers 24:22
Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”
Read in contextEzra 4:2
they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
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