 | Universal history - 1779 - 492 sider
...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.... | |
 | 1802 - 556 sider
...rebelTioiï'they were encouraged by Nirn'rod; who, about this time, ' began to bè: a mighty one in the earth. — And the beginning of his kingdom Was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Sli'mar."* But -frort' 'Babel, his idolatrous adherents, who were principally thofe of his own 'family,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 612 sider
...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 sider
...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...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 of its founder.... | |
 | 1836 - 498 sider
...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 - 1807 - 502 sider
...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 Resen,... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 494 sider
...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 - 1808 - 390 sider
...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 the foundation... | |
 | 1864 - 868 sider
...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 Cush,... | |
 | Edward Wells - 1809 - 432 sider
...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 (ie made... | |
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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,... 
