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Nimrod's kingdom begins

1821 BC traditional (Jones)

Passage
Gen 10:8-12
Person
Nimrod
Places
Accad, Erech, Babel, Calneh, Shinar, Rehoboth-Ir, Nineveh, Assyria, 2 more
Before
Birth of Jacob and Esau
After
Death of Abraham

Participants

Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.

Places

Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. uncertain location: Accad
  2. likely location: Erech
  3. likely location: Babel
  4. location not graded: Calneh
  5. location not graded: Shinar
  6. location not graded: Rehoboth-Ir
  7. likely location: Nineveh
  8. location not graded: Assyria
  9. likely location: Calah
  10. location unknown: Resen

Every verse

All 5 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Genesis5 verses
  1. 10:8

    Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

  2. 10:9

    He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

  3. 10:10

    His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

  4. 10:11

    From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

  5. 10:12

    and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.