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Genesis 10:11 KJV
Genesis · chapter 10 · verse 11
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,Genesis 10:11 · King James Version
Genesis 10:11 in context
9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
12And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- RehobothRᵉchôbôwthRechoboth, a place in Assyria and one in PalestineH7344 →
- buildedbânâhto buildH1129 →
- NinevehNîynᵉvêhNineveh, the capital of AssyriaH5210 →
- AsshurʼAshshûwrAshshur, the second son of ShemH804 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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That which is observable and improvable in these verses is the account here given of Nimrod, Gen 10:8-10. He is here represented as a great man in his day: He began to be a mighty one in the earth, that is, whereas those that went before him were content to stand upon the same level with their neighbours, and though…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-14