Genesis 10:8-10

New Living Translation

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,^[a] 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,^[b] with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.