Nimrod and the rise of cities
Cush became the father of Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).
