Out of that land went forth Ashur, &c.— As Ashur was one of the descendants of Shem, see Genesis 10:22 it has been thought strange that he should be mentioned in this place; and therefore the reading of the margin of our Bibles has been preferred by many: Out of that land, he (Nimrod) went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, &c. so called from his son Ninus. Of this city we shall have occasion to speak more hereafter. Rehoboth, there is reason to believe, is the Birtha of Ptolemy; Calah, the capital of Calachine; and Resen, Larissa, which Xenophon speaks of as having been a great city.
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Genesis 10:11
11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,