Genesis 10:12
New International Version
and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.

New Living Translation
and Resen (the great city located between Nineveh and Calah).

English Standard Version
Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.

Berean Standard Bible
and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

King James Bible
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

New King James Version
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).

New American Standard Bible
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.

NASB 1995
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.

NASB 1977
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.

Legacy Standard Bible
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.

Amplified Bible
and [Nimrod built] Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah; all these [combined to form] the great city [Nineveh].

Christian Standard Bible
and Resen, between Nineveh and the great city Calah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and Resen, between Nineveh and the great city Calah.

American Standard Version
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).

English Revised Version
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).

GOD'S WORD® Translation
and Resen, the great city between Nineveh and Calah.

Good News Translation
and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

International Standard Version
along with Resen, which was located between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

Majority Standard Bible
and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

NET Bible
and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city Calah.

New Heart English Bible
and Resen, between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

World English Bible
and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it [is] the great city.

Young's Literal Translation
and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it is the great city.

Smith's Literal Translation
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: this a great city.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Resen also between Ninive and Chale: this is the great city.

Catholic Public Domain Version
and also Resen, between Nineveh and Calah. This is a great city.

New American Bible
as well as Resen, between Nineveh and Calah, the latter being the principal city.

New Revised Standard Version
Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And Resen which lies between Nineveh and Calah; the same is a great city.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Rasaan of the house of Nineva and the house of Kalakh, it is a great city.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah--the same is the great city.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and Dase between Ninevi and Chalach: this is the great city.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Hamites
11From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah. 13Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,…

Cross References
Micah 5:6
And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.

Isaiah 11:11
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Zephaniah 2:13
And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.

Nahum 3:1-7
Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey. / The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot! / Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead— ...

Isaiah 10:9
“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

2 Kings 19:36-37
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. / One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

Isaiah 37:37-38
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. / One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

Jeremiah 50:18
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.

Ezekiel 31:3-9
Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds. / The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field. / Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters. ...

Amos 6:2
Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?

Matthew 12:41
The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

Luke 11:32
The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

Acts 2:9-11
Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, / Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome, / both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”

Revelation 18:2
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

Revelation 17:5
And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.


Treasury of Scripture

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Genesis 10
1. The generations of Noah.
2. Japheth.
6. Ham.
8. Nimrod becomes the first monarch; the descendants of Canaan.
21. The sons of Shem.














and Resen
The mention of "Resen" in this verse is intriguing, as it is one of the lesser-known cities in the Bible. The Hebrew root for Resen is "רֶסֶן" (Resen), which is not widely attested outside of this context, suggesting it may have been a significant city during its time but lost prominence over the centuries. Archaeologically, the exact location of Resen remains uncertain, though it is traditionally thought to be situated between the more prominent cities of Nineveh and Calah. This placement indicates its potential role as a connecting hub or a city of strategic importance in the ancient Assyrian empire.

between Nineveh and Calah
The phrase "between Nineveh and Calah" situates Resen geographically and historically. Nineveh, known in Hebrew as "נִינְוֵה" (Nineveh), was one of the most famous cities of antiquity, serving as the capital of the Assyrian Empire at its height. It is often associated with the prophet Jonah and the city's eventual repentance. Calah, or "כָּלַח" (Calah), was another significant Assyrian city, known today as Nimrud. The positioning of Resen between these two cities suggests a corridor of power and influence, highlighting the interconnectedness of these urban centers in the ancient Near East. This geographical note underscores the strategic and economic significance of Resen in its time.

this is the great city
The phrase "this is the great city" elevates Resen's status, suggesting it was a city of considerable size or importance. The Hebrew word for "great" is "גָּדוֹל" (gadol), which can denote not only physical size but also significance or influence. In the context of Genesis 10, which outlines the Table of Nations, the mention of Resen as a "great city" implies its role in the post-Flood world as a center of civilization and culture. This description invites readers to consider the transient nature of human achievements; cities that were once "great" may fade into obscurity, yet they played vital roles in the unfolding of God's plan throughout history. The acknowledgment of Resen as a "great city" serves as a reminder of the ebb and flow of human empires under the sovereign hand of God.

Verse 12. - And Resen, i.e. Nimrod, between Kalah Shergat and Kouyunjik (Kalisch); but if Calah be Nimroud, then Rosen may be Selamiyeh, a village about half way, between Nineveh and Calah, i.e. Kouyunjik and Nimroud, ut supra (Layard). The same. Rosen (Kalisch), which will suit if it was Nimroud, whose remains cover a parallelogram about 1800 feet in length and 900 feet in breadth; but others apply it to Nineveh with the other towns as forming one large composite city (Knobel, Keil, Lange, Wordsworth). Is a great city. With this the record of Nimrod s achievements closes. It is generally supposed that Nimrod flourished either before or about the time of the building of the tower of Babel; but Prof. Chwolsen of St. Petersburg, in his 'Ueber die Ueberreste der Altbabylon-ischen Literatur,' brings the dynasty of Nimrod down as late as , relying principally on the evidence of an original work composed by Qut ami, a native Babylonian, and translated by Ibnwa hachijah, a descendant of the Chaldaeans, and assigned by Chwolsen to one of the earlier periods of Babylonian history, in which is mentioned the name of Nemrod, or Nemroda, as the founder of a Canaanite dynasty which ruled at Babylon (vide an excellent paper on this subject in Turner's 'Biblical and Oriental Studies,' Edin., A. and C. Black, 1876). Perhaps the hardest difficulty to explain in connection with the ordinary date assigned to Nimrod is the fact that in Genesis 14, which speaks of the reigning monarchs in the Euphrates valley, there is no account taken of Nineveh and its king - a circumstance which has been supposed to import that the founding of the capital of Assyria could not have been anterior to the days of Abraham. But early Babylonian texts confirm what Genesis 14. seems to imply - the fact of an Elamite conquest of Babylonia, B.C. 2280, by Kudur-nanhundi (Kudurlagamar, the Chederlaomer of Genesis), who carried off an image of the goddess Nana from the city Erech (vide 'Assyrian Discoveries,' Genesis 12; 'Records of the Past,' vol. 3.), so that this difficulty may be held to have disappeared before the light of archaeological discovery. But at whatever period Nimrod flourished, the Biblical narrative would lead us to anticipate a commingling of Hamitic and Shemitic tongues in the Euphrates valley, which existing monuments confirm (cf. 'Records of the Past,' vol. 3. p. 3).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
and Resen,
רֶ֔סֶן (re·sen)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7449: Resen -- a city in Assyr

which is between
בֵּ֥ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

Nineveh
נִֽינְוֵ֖ה (nî·nə·wêh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5210: Nineveh -- capital of Assyr

and the great
הַגְּדֹלָֽה׃ (hag·gə·ḏō·lāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

city
הָעִ֥יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

of Calah.
כָּ֑לַח (kā·laḥ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3625: Calah -- a city in Assyr


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