Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now, the beginning of his kingdom [was] Babel, Erech, Akkad, 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.
King James 2000
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, 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
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
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 Yahweh. Therefore it was said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Yahweh." 10 Now, the beginning of his kingdom [was] Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went out [to] Assyria, and he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
Cross References
Genesis 11:2
And as people migrated from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore its name was called Babel, for there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth, and there Yahweh scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 14:1
And it happened [that] in the days of Amraphel, the king of Shinar, Arioch, the king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer, the king of Elam, and Tidal, the king of Goiim,
Isaiah 10:9
[Is] not Calno like Carchemish? [Is] not Hamath like Arpad? [Is] not Samaria like Damascus?
Isaiah 11:11
And this shall happen on that day: The Lord will again [extend] his hand a second [time] to acquire the remnant of his people that is left, from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coastlands of the sea,
Isaiah 39:1
At that time, Merodach-Baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and recovered.
Jeremiah 50:21
To the land of Merathaim, go up against her, and against the inhabitants of Pekod, massacre and destroy them," {declares} Yahweh, "and do according to all that I have commanded you.
Daniel 1:2
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim the king of Judah into his hand and {some of} of the utensils of the temple of God, and he brought them [to] the land of Shinar [to] the temple of his gods, and he brought the utensils to {the treasury} of his gods.
Amos 6:2
Cross over [to] Calneh and see, and go from there [to] Hamath Rabbah and go down [to] Gath of the Philistines. [Are] you better than these kingdoms, or is their territory greater than your territory?
Micah 4:10
Writhe and groan, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will go forth from the city, and you will camp in the field; you will go to Babylon. There you will be rescued; there Yahweh will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
Micah 5:6
And they will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances. And he will rescue [us] from the Assyrian when he comes into our land, and when they tread upon our border.
Zechariah 5:11
And he said to me, "To build for it a house in the land of Shinar, and [when] it is put in place, it will be placed there on its site."