Genesis 10:8-10

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⁸ Cush also had a descendant named Nimrod, who became a very powerful man on earth. ⁹ He was a ·great [mighty] hunter before the Lord, which is why people say someone is “like Nimrod, a ·great [mighty] hunter before the Lord.” ¹⁰ ·At first Nimrod’s kingdom covered [^LThe beginning of his kingdom was] Babylon, ·Erech [or Uruk], Akkad, and Calneh [^Cwell-known cities in southern Mesopotamia] in the land of ·Babylonia [^LShinar].