9. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Even like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.”
10. The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Uruk, Akkad, and Kalneh in the land of Shinar.
11. From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, the city Rehoboth Ir, and Calah,
12. and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).