Bible Strands
Genesis 10:12
and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator continues the Table of Nations, recording the geographic details of Nimrod's territorial expansion. This note follows the immediate list of Assyrian foundations in Genesis 10:11 and precedes the genealogy of Mizraim in Genesis 10:13.
The words — The proper noun רֶסֶן (Resen) occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible as a city name. The preposition בֵּין (bein) literally means "between," placing Resen geographically relative to Nineveh and Calah.
The thread — The spatial relationship between these Mesopotamian centers appears in the prophetic judgments of Nahum 3:7 and Zephaniah 2:13. The structural pattern of listing founded cities recurs throughout the genealogical accounts in Genesis 10:10 and Genesis 10:11.
Why it lands — The text states that Resen occupied a specific location between two known Assyrian cities. It asks the reader to accept the genealogical list as anchored in observable geography rather than mythic abstraction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.