Genesis 10:8-10

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⁸ Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to become a mighty warrior. ⁹ He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”^{(A) 10} The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.^(B)