...Nimrod of the book of Genesis, the " mighty hunter before the Lord,—the beginning of whose kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh in the land of Shinar." It is surprising, indeed, to hear him described as a Canaanite; but we have seen that Kuthami applies...

...And the beginningof hiskingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calnch, in Uie land of Shinar. 11 ind 12 And Reseii between Nineveh and Calah the same is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamiru,...

...verse following that which noticed the establishment of Ninirod's kingdom, it was mentioned, " Out «f that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calab, and Rcaen between Nineveh and Calnh : the same is a great city."— Gen. x. 11, 12. the chief...

...of that land he went forth into Assyria, and buildeth Nin" eveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Galah, and Resen, between " Nineveh, and Calah : the same is a great city." OBJECTION.' — Pint, this exactness in describing the cities of Mesopotamia and Assyria, appears to...

...part of the land of Shinar, he established a kingdom there ; " and the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar." (Gen. x. 10.) Of these cities we have already spoken, in our account of the Land of Shinar. In Gen....

...bebuilded Nineveh, and the city Reheboth, and cause the LORD did there confound the language Calah, 12 the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Leluibim, and Naphtuhim, 14 And Pnthrusim, and Cashihirn,...

...or descendant of Cush attained to great power, and founded a kingdom, " the beginning of which was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar."* In the same manner, the whole which we are told regarding the foundation of an Assyrian kingdom is,...

...himself notorious, and his name became a proverb." " The beginning of his kingdom," says scripture, " was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar." 4. Menes, the founder of the Egyptian monarchy, was worshippeo as a god after death. He appears to...

...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...between Nineveh and Calah ; the same is a great city." Gen. x. 6-12. From this it is evident not only that the family of Cush established the most ancient...

...— In immediate connexion with the usurpation of Nimrod, we are told by the sacred historian, that " out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resin between Nineveh and Calah : the same is a great city." (Gen. x. 11, 12.) This Asshur, the same...