Genesis 10:10
“And the beginning of his kingdome was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.”
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Genesis 10:10 Context
8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is saide, Euen as Nimrod the mightie hunter before the LORD. 10And the beginning of his kingdome was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineueh, and the citie Rehoboth, and Calah, 12And Resen betweene Nineueh and Calah: the same is a great citie.
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Other Translations for Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- King James Version
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Basic English Bible
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Darby Bible
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Webster's Bible
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- World English Bible
And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 10:10
10:10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel - Some way or other, he got into power: and so laid the foundations of a monarchy which was afterwards a head of gold. It doth not appear that he had any right to rule by birth; but either his fitness for government recommended him, or by power and policy he gradually advanced into the throne. See the antiquity of civil government, and particularly that form of it which lodges the sovereignty in a single person.