| Universal history - 1779 - 492 pages
...hunter before the Lord," 35°even to a proverb ; and that " the beginning of his king- Ante ^hr* dom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in' the land of Shinaar." From this account he is fuppofed to have been a man of extraordinary ftrength and valour.... | |
| 1828 - 722 pages
...it . ;• The general name given to this district is Senaar or Sinjar, called in the Bible Shinar. * And the beginning of his ' kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the ' land of Shinar.' Gen. x. 10. We are in ignorance of the precise time when Babylon was built, as well as of... | |
| Children - 1836 - 498 pages
...to be the region where Babel or Babylon was situated : — ' The beginning of the kingdom of Nimrod was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinah,' Gen. x. 10 ; also the capital of the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar, which was the same as ancient... | |
| Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 502 pages
...mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Eveh as Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth Ashur, and builded Nineve, and the City Rehoboth, and Calah, and... | |
| Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 494 pages
...CHAP. X. V. 8. And Cus/i begat Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth. , . ........... 10. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calne, in the land of Shinar. 11. Out of that -land went forth Assur, and builded Nineveh; and the... | |
| Samuel Whelpley - History - 1808 - 390 pages
...of the city and of the kingdom of Babylon. The beginning of his kingdom, saith the sacred historian, was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Nimrod was the son of Cush, grandson of Ham, and great grandson of Noah. The aera in which... | |
| 1864 - 868 pages
...mighty hunter before the Lord; wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord;) and the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar." According to this passage the early inhabitants of Chaldasa were the descendants of Ham through... | |
| Edward Wells - Bible - 1809 - 432 pages
...rendered according to the marginal tranflation, there is a clear conneftion between ver. TO. and u. The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. But afterwards he extended his kingdom further, and out of that land (of Shinar) ifent out... | |
| 1809 - 1150 pages
...before the LORD : wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And me would I give it : thou delightest not in tire land of Sliinah. 11 Out of that land went forth Ashur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehofooth,... | |
| 1813 - 600 pages
...the son of Cush, was a mighty hunter before the Lord, and became a mighty one in the earth. 2. That the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Shinar. 3. That at this time the earth was of one language, and of one speech. 4. That the body of... | |
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