Footnotes

1. Genesis 10:11 tn The subject of the verb translated “went” is probably still Nimrod. However, it has also been interpreted that “Ashur went,” referring to a derivative power.
2. Genesis 10:11 tn Heb “Asshur.”
3. Genesis 10:11 sn Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city situated on the Tigris River.
4. Genesis 10:11 sn The name Rehoboth Ir means “and broad streets of a city,” perhaps referring to a suburb of Nineveh.
5. Genesis 10:11 sn Calah (modern Nimrud) was located 20 miles north of Nineveh.
6. Genesis 10:12 tn Heb “and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; it [i.e., Calah] is the great city.”
7. Genesis 10:13 sn Mizraim is the Hebrew name for Egypt (cf. NRSV).
8. Genesis 10:13 tn Heb “fathered.”
9. Genesis 10:13 sn The Ludites were African tribes west of the Nile Delta.
10. Genesis 10:13 sn The Anamites lived in North Africa, west of Egypt, near Cyrene.
11. Genesis 10:13 sn The Lehabites are identified with the Libyans.
12. Genesis 10:13 sn The Naphtuhites lived in Lower Egypt (the Nile Delta region).