Genesis Chapter 10 verse 11 Holy Bible
Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
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From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah,
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From that land went out Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
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Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
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Out of that land went forth Ashur, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
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Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
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from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.
