8 Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to become a mighty warrior.

9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, and Accad, all of them in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:8-10, NRSV Catholic Edition. Copyright © 1989, 1993 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ.
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