King James Version
Genesis 10:12 in the King James Version says “And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.”
Genesis 10:12 · KJV
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Babel: Gr. Babylon
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, went: or, he went out into Assyria the city: or, the streets of the city
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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