Bible Strands
Genesis 10:11
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Nimrod’s territorial expansion within the genealogical account of Noah’s descendants, detailing his movement from Shinar into Assyria.
The words — יָצָא (ya.Tza') = he went forth and וַ/יִּ֙בֶן֙ (va/i.Yi.ven) = and he built mark the active verbs describing the relocation and construction of urban centers.
The thread — The text explicitly names Assyria and Nineveh as sites of this expansion, and those two locations reappear in Micah 5:6, Psalms 83:8, and Jonah 1:2, while Micah 5:6 additionally references the land of Nimrod.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to recognize the historical grounding of later biblical narratives in early geopolitical shifts, tracing how a single ruler’s foundation work establishes the stage for subsequent prophetic and historical events.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
Cross-references
- Micah 5:6 And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.
- Psalms 83:8 Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
- Jonah 1:2 “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
- Nahum 1:1 This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
- Numbers 24:22 Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”
- Numbers 24:24 Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
- 2 Kings 19:36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
- Ezra 4:2 they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
- Isaiah 37:37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
- Ezekiel 27:23 Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.