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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 10, Verse 9

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And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
King James Version
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
American Standard Version
He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.
New English Translation
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD.(That is why it is said,“Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.
World English Bible
He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
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And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
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Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
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And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same [is] a great city.
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And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
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And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
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And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
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And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
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And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
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And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
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And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.