6. The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
7. The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca.The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8. Cush also had a descendant named Nimrod, who became a very powerful man on earth.
9. He was a great hunter before the Lord, which is why people say someone is “like Nimrod, a great hunter before the Lord.”
10. At first Nimrod’s kingdom covered Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Babylonia.
11. From there he went to Assyria, where he built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, and Calah.