 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1802 - 612 pages
...have united himself to Nimrod, with whose territories we are expressly acquainted, which comprised ' Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar J,' and which of course must have lain several hundred miles to the south-east of the city of Ur. Consequently,... | |
 | 1828 - 722 pages
...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 the name... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - History, Ancient - 1807 - 492 pages
...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. Out of that land went forth Ashur, and builded Nineve, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, end Resen,... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 502 pages
...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 Resen,... | |
 | Samuel Whelpley - History - 1808 - 390 pages
...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 the foundation... | |
 | Edward Wells - Bible - 1809 - 432 pages
...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 (ie made... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pages
...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 Cush,... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 706 pages
...is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 1 1 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - Religion - 1816 - 728 pages
...the inspired historian with great precision. We are told, that the mere beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar*: so that his infant empire was commensurate with that large and fertile district, containing three subordinate... | |
 | Levy Alexander, David Levi - 1821 - 316 pages
...is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 1 1 Out of that land went forth Ashur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And... | |
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And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a 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,... 
