Genesis 10:11
From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
In Context
10And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
12And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a very great town.
Cross References
Numbers 24:22But still the Kenites will be wasted, till Asshur takes you away prisoner.
2 Kings 19:36So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, went back to his place at Nineveh.
Psalms 83:8\83:7\Gebal and Ammon and Amalek; the Philistines and the people of Tyre;
Ezekiel 27:23Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Asshur and all the Medes:
Hosea 14:3\14:2\Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.
Jonah 3:1And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 10:7-15
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said; Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord . 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and… Read the whole commentary →