The Holy Bible, English Standard Version

Genesis 10:8-10
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Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. [1] 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.

Footnotes

[1] 10:8 Or he began to be a mighty man on the earth

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