Genesis 10:11

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Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

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The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

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These names locate the descendants of Noah’s sons across Mesopotamia and the eastern Mediterranean: Babel, Erech, and Shinar lie in southern Mesopotamia, while Nineveh, Calah, and Rehoboth-Ir belong to Assyria. The passage traces the post-Flood spread of peoples and the rise of major cities within God’s providential ordering of nations.

Places in this passage

Genesis 10:11 mentions Assyria, Babel, Calah, Canaan, Caphtor, Erech, Gaza, Gerar, Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Shinar, Sidon and Zeboiim.

Photo of Assyria — Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

Photo of Calah — Calah · Staff Sgt. JoAnn Makinano

Photo of Erech — Erech · SAC Andy Holmes (RAF)