8. Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.
9. Since he was the greatest hunter in the world, his name became proverbial. People would say, “This man is like Nimrod, the greatest hunter in the world.”
10. He built his kingdom in the land of Babylonia, with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.
11. From there he expanded his territory to Assyria, building the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,
12. and Resen (the great city located between Nineveh and Calah).
13. Mizraim was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
14. Pathrusites, Casluhites, and the Caphtorites, from whom the Philistines came.
15. Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,
16. Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,