Parallel Verses
King James 2000
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
New American Standard Bible
The beginning of his kingdom was
King James Version
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Holman Bible
His kingdom started with Babylon,
International Standard Version
His kingdom began in the region of Shinar with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.
A Conservative Version
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
American Standard Version
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Amplified
The beginning of his kingdom was
Bible in Basic English
And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Darby Translation
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Julia Smith Translation
And the beginning of his kingdom shall be Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now, the beginning of his kingdom [was] Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Modern King James verseion
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar:
NET Bible
The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.
New Heart English Bible
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
The Emphasized Bible
So the beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel, and Erech, and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Webster
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
World English Bible
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;
Themes
Accad » A city conquered » By nimrod
Assyria » An empire founded by nimrod
Assyria » Antiquity and origin of
Babylon » General references to
Babylon » Empire of » Called land of shinar
Babylon » City of » In the land of shinar
Babylon » Empire of » Founded by nimrod
Babylon » City of » Built by nimrod
Calneh » Also called canneh and calno, a city of assyria
Erech » A city » A city of shinar
Ham » Son of noah » His children
Nations » The origin of the post-flood nations
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 10:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
The 30 Descendants Of Ham
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: therefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Assyria, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
Cross References
Genesis 11:2
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confuse the language of all the earth: and from there did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 14:1
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim;
Isaiah 10:9
Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
Isaiah 11:11
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
Isaiah 39:1
At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
Jeremiah 50:21
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, says the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded you.
Daniel 1:2
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
Amos 6:2
Pass you unto Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or their borders greater than your borders?
Micah 4:10
Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shall you go forth out of the city, and you shall dwell in the field, and you shall go even to Babylon; there shall you be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
Micah 5:6
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he comes into our land, and when he treads within our borders.
Zechariah 5:11
And he said unto me, To build it a house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon its own base.