Genesis 10:8-12
Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said,“ like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”.The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.