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The first empire builder — mighty hunter before the Lord who founded Babel and Nineveh
A descendant of Ham through Cush who became the first person in the Bible described as a 'mighty man.' He built the cities of Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in Shinar, then expanded into Assyria and built Nineveh. He planted the seeds of two empires that would later be Israel's worst enemies.
Noah's three sons become the ancestors of every nation on earth, and Genesis maps out who came from whom.
Nimrod Founds the First Cities of His Kingdom in ShinarprimevalGenesis names Nimrod as a mighty hunter and the first imperial king whose founding cities — Babel Erech Accad and Calneh — became the heartland of Mesopotamian civilization.
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