KJV King James Version
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 10:11
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
WEB World English Bible
Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
ASV American Standard Version
Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,
Surrounding context — Genesis 10
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 builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same [is] a great city.
13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
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מִן־H4480 · minfromהָאָ֥רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetהַהִ֖ואH1931 · huhe/she/itיָצָ֣אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeאַשּׁ֑וּרH804 · ash.shurAssyriaוַיִּ֙בֶן֙H1129 · ba.nahto buildאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]נִ֣ינְוֵ֔הH5210 · nin.vehNinevehוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]רְחֹבֹ֥תH7344 · re.cho.votRehobothעִ֖ירH5893 · irIrוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּֽלַח׃H3625 · ke.lachCalah
Cross-references
Micah 5:6And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver [us] from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.Psalm 83:8Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.Jonah 1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.Nahum 1:1The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.Ezekiel 27:23Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, [and] Chilmad, [were] thy merchants.Ezra 4:2Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye [do]; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.Ezekiel 32:22Asshur [is] there and all her company: his graves [are] about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:Numbers 24:24And ships [shall come] from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.Isaiah 37:37So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.Nahum 3:7And it shall come to pass, [that] all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?Numbers 24:22Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.2 Kings 19:36So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.Zephaniah 2:13And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, [and] dry like a wilderness.Jonah 3:1-10And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,Hosea 14:3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.Nahum 2:8But Nineveh [is] of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry]; but none shall look back.
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