Genesis 10:12
“And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 10Meaning
Resen is named between Nineveh and Calah, completing the cluster of cities in this section. The verse advances the chapter's ordered account of post-flood peoples.
Read carefully
The verse belongs to an ancient genealogical narrative that briefly expands on Nimrod and early cities; later legends should not be read back into the text as if stated here.
Reflection
Genesis 10 presents human diversity as developing within one post-flood human family, while preserving distinct peoples, places, and lines of descent.