He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”
Language itself shapes a man’s basic ideas.Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, and Accad, all of them in the land of Shinar.Genesis 10:10 RSV
Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.Genesis 10:8 RSV