Genesis 10:8-10

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁸ Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first to be a mighty man on the earth.

⁹ He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.

¹⁰ The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar [in Babylonia].