"NeverthelessKainwill be consumed;Howlongwill Asshurkeepyou captive?"
From that landhe wentforthinto Assyria,and builtNinevehand Rehoboth-Irand Calah,
Alsoto Shem,the fatherof allthe childrenof Eber,[and] the olderbrotherof Japheth,children were born.
The sonsof Shem[were] Elamand Asshurand Arpachshadand Ludand Aram.
the Keniteand the Kenizziteand the Kadmonite
they approachedZerubbabeland the headsof fathers'[households], and saidto them, "Let us buildwith you, for we, like you, seekyour God;and we have been sacrificingto Him sincethe daysof Esarhaddonkingof Assyria,who broughtus up here."
Assyriaalsohas joinedwith them; They havebecomea helpto the childrenof Lot.Selah.
"Assyriawill not saveus, We will not rideon horses;Norwill we sayagain,Our god,'To the workof our hands;For in You the orphanfindsmercy."
Then he tookup his discourseand said,"Alas,whocan liveexcept Godhas ordainedit?
