Genesis 10:12
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
Genesis 10:12 in other translations
| BSB | and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah. |
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| WEB | and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah. |
| ASV | and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city). |
| YLT | and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it is the great city. |
| DARBY | and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah: this is the great city. |
| BBE | And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a very great town. |
| Webster | And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. |
What does Genesis 10:12 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 10:8-14
Nimrod was a great man in his day; he began to be mighty in the earth, Those before him were content to be upon the same level with their neighbours, and though every man bare rule in his own house, yet no man pretended any further. Nimrod was resolved to lord it over his neighbours. The spirit of the giants before the flood, who became mighty men, and men of renown, Ge 6:4, revived in him. Nimrod was a great…
Genesis 10:12 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 10:11
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
- Genesis 10:12
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
- Genesis 10:13
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
Genesis 10:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y á Ressen entre Nínive y Calah; la cual es ciudad grande. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et Résen entre Ninive et Calakh: c’est la grande ville. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und Resen zwischen Ninive und Kalach: das ist die große Stadt. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Resen quoque inter Niniven et Chale: hæc est civitas magna. |