And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.