Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 10:10

10. And the beginning of his Kingdom was Babel , and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh , in the Land of Shinar .

(i. e.) Either his Chief and Royal City: Or the place where his dominion began, and from whence it was extended to other parts.

Which being not built till the confusion of Languages, Chap. 11. 4. sheweth that this though here mentioned upon occasion of the Genealogy, was not executed till afterward: it being very usual in Scripture to neglect the order of time in historical relations.

Called Calno, Isa. 10. 9. and Canne, Ezek. 27. 23. and as it is here, Caln[illegible: 1+ letters]h, Amos 6. 2. Where it is mentioned amongst the eminent Cities.

(i. e.) In Mesopotamia. This clause belongs to all the Cities here named; and is added for distinction sake, because there is a Babylon in the Land of Aegypt, and there might be other Cities of the same Name with the rest in other Countries.

Marginal references: Gr. Babylon.