^{8 Ref} And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

^{9 Ref} He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.

^{10 Ref} And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

^{11 Ref} Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,