Genesis 10:11
מִן הָ אָרֶץ הַ הִוא יָצָא אַשּׁוּר וַ יִּבֶן אֶת נִינְוֵה וְ אֶת רְחֹבֹת עִיר וְ אֶת כָּלַח
From the Earth of Himself 381 Straight-one382 has gone out and he is building Nineveh, and Open-city,383 and Vigor,384
| 382 | Who is Asshur? Strong’s #804, Ashshuwr is defined as both a place and a person. Yet we don’t learn of him until later as a builder of Shem (the Name) in Genesis 10:22. There is a lot of apparent “backwardness” in our story, but it is on purpose. Christ’s Chosen City is prepared before the Christian Kingdom of Man. Modern translators assume this verse refers to Nimrod. But the old translations are correct as is also supported by the LXX which reads, “From out of that land came forth Assyria.” |