...nations. The book of Genesis (x. 10) mentions Nimrod as the founder of the Babylonian empire—' And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech, and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinear.' We think we recognize in Nimrod, the mighty hunter, an Arabian chieftain, like the modern...

...that text which has so often been the subject of discussion : " And the beginning of his (Nimrod's) kingdom " was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, " in the land of Shinar1." But this authority only proves that Nimrod (or not improbably his descendants, since it seems...

...Genesis (x. 10) mentions Ninirod a» the founder of the Bab) Ionian empire— 'And the beginning of hi* kingdom was Babel and Erech, and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinear.' We think wo recognize in Nimrod, the mighty hunter, an Arabian chieftain, like the modern...

...Tank or Arch, which I have described. Gibbon gives a detailed ac* And the beginning of his (Nimrod's) kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land «f Shinar. — Gen. x. 10. f Ctesiphontem juxta tertium lapidem in Chalonitidc condidcre Parthi. —...

...the sacred writer, "was a mighty hunter before the Lord, (ie a hunter in a very eminent degree.) 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." Let me not be thought too minutely critical,...

...was also the founder of the Chaldean empire. He is the first monarch mentioned in all history. " And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech. and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar." On what authority he is said to hare waged war on his species, we have yet to learn. VIEW OF THE SUPPOSED...

...hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the same gentleman who presented the skeleton,) and which has evidently been perforated Sfiinar." During the the roamings of mankind through the various regions of the East prior to their...

...Nimrod, it is said of this son, "he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calnen, in the land of Shinar."—Gen. x. 8-10. Hence this region is called by Micah, " the land of...

...of the Universal History, that the passage from Genesis, above quoted, should, he rendered : " And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land, he went forth to Asshur, ie, Assyria, and builded Nineveh;" there being no obvious...

...is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was a Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 1 1 Out of that land 4 went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and s the city of Rehoboth, and Calah,...