9. He was a powerful hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, Even as Nimrod, the powerful hunter before the Lord.
10. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh in the land of Shinar.
11. Out of that land went forth Asshur, who built Nineveh and the city Rehoboth and Calah
12. and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; the same is a great city.