 | James Parsons - 1767 - 472 pages
...following \\rords : " and Cujh begat Nimrod : he began to be a " mighty man in the earth. He was a mighty hunter " before the Lord ; and the beginning of his kingdom "• was Eabel, and Erech) and Aecad, and Calneh, in the u land of Sh'inar" CAN any thing be more clearly laid... | |
 | 1776 - 612 pages
...to be a nvghty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is faid, even as Nimrod', the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Ereib, and Accad, and Calneh, in •the Land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth A '/hur •, and... | |
 | Universal history - 1779 - 492 pages
...hunter before the Lord," 35°even to a proverb ; and that " the beginning of his king- Ante ^hr* dom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in' the land of Shinaar." From this account he is fuppofed to have been a man of extraordinary ftrength and valour.... | |
 | 1802 - 556 pages
...rebelTioiï'they were encouraged by Nirn'rod; who, about this time, ' began to bè: a mighty one in the earth. — And the beginning of his kingdom Was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Sli'mar."* But -frort' 'Babel, his idolatrous adherents, who were principally thofe of his own 'family,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 612 pages
...have united himself to Nimrod, with whose territories we are expressly acquainted, which comprised ' Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar J,' and which of course must have lain several hundred miles to the south-east of the city of Ur. Consequently,... | |
 | 1828 - 722 pages
...it . ;• The general name given to this district is Senaar or Sinjar, called in the Bible Shinar. * And the beginning of his ' kingdom was Babel, and...Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the ' land of Shinar.' Gen. x. 10. We are in ignorance of the precise time when Babylon was built, as well as of the name... | |
 | 1836 - 498 pages
...to be the region where Babel or Babylon was situated : — ' The beginning of the kingdom of Nimrod was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinah,' Gen. x. 10 ; also the capital of the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar, which was the same as ancient... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 492 pages
...be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, Even, as Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord. And...builded Nineve, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, end Resen, between Nineve and Calah, the same is a great city. We have, in this narration, an account... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 472 pages
...be a mighty one in the earth : he was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it it said, even as Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel. His history is plainly alluded to under the character of Alorus, the first king of" Cha!dea ; but more... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 474 pages
...be a mighty one in the earth : he teas a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it it said, even as Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel. His history is plainly alluded to under the character of Alorus, the first king of " Chaldea ; but... | |
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Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 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,... 
