He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.Genesis 10:10 KJV
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.Genesis 10:8 KJV