⁸ Cush fathered Nimrod, the first great warrior on earth. ⁹ The Lord saw him as a great hunter, and so it is said, “Like Nimrod, whom the Lord saw as a great hunter.” ¹⁰ The most important cities in his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar. ¹¹ Asshur left that land and built Nineveh, Rehoboth City, Calah, ¹² and Resen, the great city between Nineveh and Calah.