Genesis 10:9-11

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁹ He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.

¹⁰ The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar [in Babylonia].

¹¹ Out of the land he [Nimrod] went forth into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,