Genesis 10:11
New International Version
From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah

New Living Translation
From there he expanded his territory to Assyria, building the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,

English Standard Version
From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and

Berean Standard Bible
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

King James Bible
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

New King James Version
From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

New American Standard Bible
From that land he went to Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

NASB 1995
From that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,

NASB 1977
From that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,

Legacy Standard Bible
From that land he went out to Assyria and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,

Amplified Bible
From that land Nimrod went to Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,

Christian Standard Bible
From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,

American Standard Version
Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
From that land the Assyrians went out and built Nineva and the city Rakhbuth and Kalakh.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Out of that land came Assur, and built Ninevi, and the city Rhooboth, and Chalach,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Out of that land came forth Assur, and built Ninive, and the streets of the city, and Chale.

English Revised Version
Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He went from that land to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

Good News Translation
From that land he went to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

International Standard Version
From there he went north to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,

JPS Tanakh 1917
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,

Literal Standard Version
from that land he has gone out to Asshur, and builds Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,

Majority Standard Bible
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

New American Bible
From that land he went forth to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,

NET Bible
From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

New Revised Standard Version
From that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah, and

New Heart English Bible
Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth Ir, and Calah,

Webster's Bible Translation
Out of that land went forth Ashur, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

World English Bible
Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

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,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Hamites
10His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, 12and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.…

Cross References
Genesis 10:12
and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

Isaiah 37:37
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

Jonah 1:2
"Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me."

Micah 5:6
And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.


Treasury of Scripture

Out of that land went forth Asshur, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

A.

Micah 5:6
And 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.

Asshur.

Numbers 24:22,24
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive…

Ezra 4:2
Then 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.

Psalm 83:8
Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

Nineveh.

2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

Isaiah 37:37
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

Jonah 1:2
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

the city of.

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Genesis 10
1. The generations of Noah.
2. Japheth.
6. Ham.
8. Nimrod becomes the first monarch; the descendants of Canaan.
21. The sons of Shem.














(11, 12) Out of that land went forth Asshur.--So the LXX., Syriac, and Vulg.; but the Targum and most modern authorities rightly translate, "Out of that land he went forth into Assyria." We have here nothing to do with Asshur the son of Shem (see Genesis 10:22), but are occupied with Nimrod and the Hamites, who, after firmly establishing themselves in Babylonia, subsequently extended their influence northward. This is confirmed by the cuneiform inscriptions, which prove that the southern portion of Mesopotamia was the chief seat of the Accadians, while in Assyria they came at an early date into collision with the Shemites, who drove them back, and ultimately subjugated them everywhere. It is not necessary to suppose that this spread of Hamite civilisation northward was the work of Nimrod personally; if done by his successors, it would, in Biblical language, be ascribed to its prime mover.

The Assyrian cities were:--

1. Nineveh.--So happily situated on the Tigris that it outstripped the more ancient Babylon, and for centuries even held it in subjection.

2. The City Rehoboth.--Translated by some Rehoboth-Ir, but with more probability by others, "the suburbs of the city:" that is, of Nineveh, thus denoting already the greatness of that town.

3. Calah.--A city rebuilt by Assur-natzir-pal, the father of Shalmaneser, and interesting as one of the places where the Assyrian kings established libraries (Chald. Gen., p. 26). The ruins are still called Nimroud.

4. Resen.--The "spring-head." Of this town nothing certain is known. Canon Rawlinson places it at Selamiyah (Anc. Mon., 1:204), a large village half-way between Nineveh and Calah. As the vast ruins scattered throughout Mesopotamia are those of Assyrian buildings, Resen, though "a great city" in Hamite times, might easily pass into oblivion, if never rebuilt by the conquerors.

Verse 11. - Out of that land went forth Asshur, the son of Shem (ver. 22; LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Luther, Calvin, Michaelis, Dathe, Rosenmüller, Bohlen). i.e. the early Assyrians retired from Babylon before their Cushite. invaders, and, proceeding northward, founded the cities after mentioned; but the marginal rendering seems preferable: "Out of that land went (Nimrod) into Asshur," or Assyria, the country northeast of Babylon, through which flows the Tigris, and which had already received its name from the son of Shem (the Targums, Drusius, Bochart, Le Clerc, De Wette, Delitzsch, Keil, Kalisch, Lange, et alii). And builded Nineveh. The capital of Assyria, opposite Mosul on the Tigris, afterwards became the largest and most flourishing city of the ancient world (Jonah 3:3; Jonah 4:11), being fifty-five miles in circumference (Diod., 2:3), and is now identified with the ruins of Nehbi-yunus and Kouyunjik (Layard's 'Nineveh,' vol 2. pp. 136 ft.). And the city Rehoboth. Rehoboth-ir, literally, the streets of the city (cf. Platea, a city in Boeotia), a town of which the site is unknown. And Calah. The mounds of Nimroud (Layard and Smith), though Kalisch and Murphy prefer Kalah Shergat (about fifty miles south of Nineveh), which the former authorities identify with Asshur, the original capital of the country.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
From
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

that
הַהִ֖וא (ha·hi·w)
Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

land
הָאָ֥רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

he went forth
יָצָ֣א (yā·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

into Assyria,
אַשּׁ֑וּר (’aš·šūr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 804: Ashshur

where he built
וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (way·yi·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

Nineveh,
נִ֣ינְוֵ֔ה (nî·nə·wêh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5210: Nineveh -- capital of Assyr

Rehoboth-Ir,
רְחֹבֹ֥ת (rə·ḥō·ḇōṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7344: Rehoboth -- 'broad places', a well dug by Isaac, also two cities of uncertain location

Calah,
כָּֽלַח׃ (kā·laḥ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3625: Calah -- a city in Assyr


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