Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
Asshur who went forth and built Nineveh was the son of Shem. His work of founding took place in the land of Shinar near the time of the dispersion from Babel. The city he founded stood on the fertile bank of the Tigris River more than two hundred miles north of Babylon.
This record belongs to the most ancient and most comprehensive history possessed by mankind, coming fresh from eternal truth and preserved pure through the ages by a divine hand. It sheds light on the far-distant past where human research is unable to penetrate. It gives the only authentic account of the origin of nations and the only history of the human race untainted by human pride or prejudice.
Asshur who went forth and built Nineveh was the son of Shem. His work of founding took place in the land of Shinar near the time of the dispersion from Babel. The city he founded stood on the fertile bank of the Tigris River more than two hundred miles north of Babylon.
This record belongs to the most ancient and most comprehensive history possessed by mankind, coming fresh from eternal truth and preserved pure through the ages by a divine hand. It sheds light on the far-distant past where human research is unable to penetrate. It gives the only authentic account of the origin of nations and the only history of the human race untainted by human pride or prejudice.