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Genesis 10:9–13

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He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: 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 Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
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From verse 9

  1. 2 Chronicles 28:22Rank 1 from verse 9
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    22¶ And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord: this is that king Ahaz.

  2. Genesis 13:13Rank 2 from verse 9
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    13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

  3. Genesis 25:27Rank 3 from verse 9
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    27And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

  4. Genesis 27:30Rank 4 from verse 9
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    30¶ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

  5. Genesis 6:11Rank 5 from verse 9
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    11The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

  6. Genesis 6:4Rank 6 from verse 9
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    4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

  7. Ezekiel 13:18Rank 7 from verse 9
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    18And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?

  8. Jeremiah 16:16Rank 8 from verse 9
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    16¶ Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

  9. Micah 7:2Rank 9 from verse 9
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    2The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

  10. Psalms 52:7Rank 10 from verse 9
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    7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

From verse 10

  1. Genesis 11:9Rank 1 from verse 10
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    9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

  2. Genesis 11:2Rank 2 from verse 10
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    2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

  3. Genesis 14:1Rank 3 from verse 10
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    1AND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

  4. Micah 4:10Rank 4 from verse 10
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    10Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

  5. Amos 6:2Rank 5 from verse 10
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    2Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

  6. Isaiah 10:9Rank 6 from verse 10
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    9Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

  7. Isaiah 11:11Rank 7 from verse 10
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    11And 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, which 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 islands of the sea.

  8. Isaiah 39:1Rank 8 from verse 10
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    1AT that time Merodach-baladan, 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.

  9. Jeremiah 50:21Rank 9 from verse 10
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    21¶ Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

  10. Micah 5:6Rank 10 from verse 10
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    6And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

  11. Zechariah 5:11Rank 11 from verse 10
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    11And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

  12. Daniel 1:2Rank 12 from verse 10
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    2And 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.

From verse 11

  1. Micah 5:6Rank 1 from verse 11
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    6And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

  2. Jonah 1:2Rank 2 from verse 11
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    2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

  3. Nahum 1:1Rank 3 from verse 11
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    1THE burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

  4. Psalms 83:8Rank 4 from verse 11
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    8Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

  5. 2 Kings 19:36Rank 5 from verse 11
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    36So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

  6. Ezekiel 27:23Rank 6 from verse 11
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    23Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.

  7. Ezekiel 32:22Rank 7 from verse 11
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    22Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:

  8. Ezra 4:2Rank 8 from verse 11
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    2Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

  9. Hosea 14:3Rank 9 from verse 11
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    3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

  10. Isaiah 37:37Rank 10 from verse 11
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    37¶ So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

  11. Jonah 3:1–10Rank 11 from verse 11
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    1AND the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

    2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

    3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.

    4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

    5¶ So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

    6For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

    7And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

    8But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

    9Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

    10¶ And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

  12. Nahum 2:8Rank 12 from verse 11
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    8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

  13. Nahum 3:7Rank 13 from verse 11
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    7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

  14. Numbers 24:22Rank 14 from verse 11
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    22Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

  15. Numbers 24:24Rank 15 from verse 11
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    24And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

  16. Zephaniah 2:13Rank 16 from verse 11
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    13And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

From verse 13

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:11–12Rank 1 from verse 13
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    11And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

    12And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.

  2. Jeremiah 46:9Rank 2 from verse 13
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    9Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

  3. Ezekiel 30:5Rank 3 from verse 13
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    5Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

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DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 10:9

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mighty

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Possessing or displaying great strength, power, ability, rank, or effect.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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wherefore

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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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Genesis 10:10

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kingdom

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The rule, royal authority, government, realm, territory, subjects, or dominion of a king.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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Genesis 10:11

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

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builded

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of build, meaning to construct, rest or depend on as a foundation.

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Genesis 10:12

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Genesis 10:13

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begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

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10:6¶ And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

10:7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

10:8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

10:9He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

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10:10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

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10:11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

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10:12And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

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10:13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

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10:14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

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