Genesis 10:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Hush also fathered Nimrod, who grew powerful in the land (Gen. 10:8). The scripture further states: His dominion initially included Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Halneh, situated in the region of Sennar (Gen. 10:10). Nimrod was the first to govern as a despot in a manner not previously embraced by the populace, ruling from Babylon, a name derived from the confusion of languages that occurred there among the builders of the tower. The term Babylon signifies 'confusion.' He exercised authority in Erech, known today as Edessa; in Akkad, now referred to as Nisibis; and in Halneh, a place that later came to be called Seleucia, named after King Seleucus, and which is presently known as Ctesiphon.

Seba. His descendants are referenced in the prophecy of Isaiah (Isaiah 45:14), where God entrusts Cyrus with the commerce of Cush and Sheba. Flavius identifies the city of Sheba in the region of Ethiopia. Havilah. This name is still associated with the sons of Joktan (Genesis 10:29). From Havilah, the son of Hush, we derive the name Havlan, known as Yemen in Arabia. Sheba. Evidence of his descendants' settlements and migrations can be seen in places like Saffa, a city celebrated in Arabia by Ptolemy, and Saffa, an island or peninsula in the Persian Gulf according to the same historian, along with Messawata, which Pliny suggests is located within Persia. Raama. In the translation by the seventy interpreters, this appears as Regma.