Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh,... The Christian Review - Page 1111850Full view - About this book
| Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 472 pages
...one in the earth : he was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it it said, even as Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel. His history is plainly alluded to under the character of Alorus, the first king of" Cha!dea ; but more... | |
| Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 494 pages
...CHAP. X. V. 8. And Cus/i begat Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth. , . ........... 10. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calne, in the land of Shinar. 11. Out of that -land went forth Assur, and builded Nineveh; and the... | |
| Samuel Whelpley - 1808 - 390 pages
...of the city and of the kingdom of Babylon. The beginning of his kingdom, saith the sacred historian, was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Nimrod was the son of Cush, grandson of Ham, and great grandson of Noah. The aera in which the foundation... | |
| 1864 - 868 pages
...one in the earth; he was a mighty hunter before the Lord; wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord;) and the beginning...Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar." According to this passage the early inhabitants of Chaldasa were the descendants of Ham through Cush,... | |
| Edward Wells - 1809 - 432 pages
...rendered according to the marginal tranflation, there is a clear conneftion between ver. TO. and u. The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. But afterwards he extended his kingdom further, and out of that land (of Shinar) ifent out (ie made... | |
| 1809 - 1150 pages
...before the LORD : wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And me would I give it : thou delightest not in tire land of Sliinah. 11 Out of that land went forth Ashur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehofooth,... | |
| 1813 - 600 pages
...the son of Cush, was a mighty hunter before the Lord, and became a mighty one in the earth. 2. That the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Shinar. 3. That at this time the earth was of one language, and of one speech. 4. That the body of... | |
| 1815 - 706 pages
...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. 1 1 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1816 - 728 pages
...founder, are marked out by the inspired historian with great precision. We are told, that the mere beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar*: so that his infant empire was commensurate with that large and fertile district, containing three subordinate... | |
| John Hoyland - 1816 - 486 pages
...tongue, after their families in their nations." " Of the sons of Ham, was Nimrod the mighty hunter. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Cahieh, in the land of S lunar. Out of that land went forth Ashur, and builded Nineveh, and the city... | |
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