6 Ham’s descendants wereCush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 Cush’s descendants wereSeba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah,and Sabteca.Raamah’s descendants wereSheba and Dedan.
8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed. That’s why people used to say, “⌊He’s⌋ like Nimrod, a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed.”
10 The first ⌊cities⌋ in his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in Shinar [Babylonia].
11 He went from that land to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
12 and Resen, the great city between Nineveh and Calah.