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11 From that land he went forth to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir[a] and Calah, 12 as well as Resen, between Nineveh and Calah,[b] the latter being the principal city.

13 (A)Mizraim became the father of the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim,

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Footnotes

  1. 10:11 Rehoboth-Ir: lit., “wide-streets city,” was probably not the name of another city, but an epithet of Nineveh; cf. Jon 3:3.
  2. 10:12 Calah: Assyrian Kalhu, the capital of Assyria in the ninth century B.C.

11 From that land he went to Assyria,(A) where he built Nineveh,(B) Rehoboth Ir,[a] Calah 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.

13 Egypt was the father of

the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

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  1. Genesis 10:11 Or Nineveh with its city squares