10 The beginning of his kingdom was (A)Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in (B)the land of Shinar.

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10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon,(A) Uruk,(B) Akkad and Kalneh,(C) in[a] Shinar.[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:10 Or Uruk and Akkad—all of them in
  2. Genesis 10:10 That is, Babylonia

Pass over to (A)Calneh, and see,
    and from there go to (B)Hamath the great;
    then go down to (C)Gath of the Philistines.
(D)Are you better than these kingdoms?
    Or is their territory greater than your territory,

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Go to Kalneh(A) and look at it;
    go from there to great Hamath,(B)
    and then go down to Gath(C) in Philistia.
Are they better off than(D) your two kingdoms?
    Is their land larger than yours?

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