| Universal history - 1779 - 492 pages
...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.... | |
| Literature, Modern - 1802 - 556 pages
...who, about this time, ' began to bč: 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 - Books - 1802 - 612 pages
...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 pages
...this district is Senaar or Sinjar, called in the Bible Shinar. * And the beginning of his ' kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, 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... | |
| Children - 1836 - 498 pages
...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 - History, Ancient - 1807 - 492 pages
...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. Out of that land went forth Ashur, and builded Nineve, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, end Resen,... | |
| Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 502 pages
...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,... | |
| Samuel Whelpley - History - 1808 - 390 pages
...supposed te gleam through the dark disguise of fable and fiction. But the first dawn of historical light extends not beyond the foundation of the ancient kingdom...Cush, grandson of Ham, and great grandson of Noah. The aera in which the foundation of this first of empires was laid is fixed, by the concurrence of most... | |
| Edward Wells - Bible - 1809 - 432 pages
...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... | |
| 1864 - 868 pages
...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,... | |
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