Genesis 10:11
Out of that land he went forth to Ashur, and built Nineveh, and Rechovot-Ir, and Kelach,
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
In Context
10And the beginning of his kingdom was Bavel, and Erech, and Akkad, and Calneh, in Eretz Shinar.
12And Resen between Nineveh and Kelach; the same is haIr Hagedolah.
Cross References
Numbers 24:22Nevertheless Kayin shall be for burning, 1 while Ashur (Assyria) shall carry thee away captive.
2 Kings 19:36So Sancheriv Melech Ashur departed, and went and returned, and dwelt in Nineveh.
Psalms 83:8Geval, and Ammon, and Amalek; 1 Peleshet (Philistia) with the inhabitants of Tzor; 1
Ezekiel 27:23Charan, and Kanneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheva, Ashur (Assyria), and Kilmad, were thy merchants.
Hosea 14:3Take devarim (words) with you, 1 and turn to Hashem; 1 say unto Him: Take away avon (iniquity), 1 and receive us graciously 1 that we may render the sacrifices of our lips. + 14:3 MJ 13:15 1
Jonah 3:1And the Devar Hashem came unto Yonah the 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 →