Genesis 10:12
in Genesis 10and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).
KJV
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
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This verse in Genesis 10
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
His kingdom began in Babylon
on Genesis 10:10-12
Babylon, Erech, Accad and Calneh are the first cities of his kingdom, all in the land of Shinar. Nimrod went on from there into Assyria and built Nineveh and Calah, and Babylon and Nineveh both begin in one man's reign, both later carrying Israel and Judah into exile. Shinar becomes a fixed address in Scripture.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Resen, between Nineveh and Calah,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
It appears to me that this is connected to and builded Nineveh.
2 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
OUT OF THAT LAND — when Nimrod reigned over it — WENT FORTH ASSHUR, meaning he went forth to Asshur for Asshur was one of the sons of Shem. 279 Verse.
Scripture mentions the descendants of Mitzraim but does not specify their habitation as it does concerning the others. With the sons of Japheth it mentioned the isles, 294 Verse 5 here. with the sons of Cush it mentioned the land of Shinar. Verse 10 here. and Asshur, 285 Verse.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְֽאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רֶ֔סֶן | resen | Resen | H7449 → | |
| בֵּ֥ין | bein | between | H996 → | 407 times |
| נִֽינְוֵ֖ה | ninveh | Nineveh | H5210 → | |
| וּבֵ֣ין | uvein | and between | H996 → | 407 times |
| כָּ֑לַח | kalach | Calah | H3625 → | |
| הִ֖וא | hi' | that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| הָעִ֥יר | hair | [is] the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַגְּדֹלָֽה׃ | hagedolah | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
וְֽאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
רֶ֔סֶןResen
resenH7449 →
בֵּ֥יןbetween
beinH996 →407 times
נִֽינְוֵ֖הNineveh
ninvehH5210 →
וּבֵ֣יןand between
uveinH996 →407 times
כָּ֑לַחCalah
kalachH3625 →
הִ֖ואthat
hi'H1931 →1879 times
הָעִ֥יר[is] the city
hairH5892 →1090 times
הַגְּדֹלָֽה׃<the> great
hagedolahH1419 →526 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).