Chapter IV. Assyria, Babylonia, And The Hebrews, With Reference To The So-Called Genealogical Table.
The Akkadians—The Semitic Babylonians—The Hebrews—Nimrod—Assur—The Tower of Babel and the confusion of tongues—Babylonian temple-towers—How the legend probably arose—The Patriarchs to the time of Abraham.
“And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
“He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord.
“And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
“Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth (or, the streets of the city), and Calah.
“And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.”