The Book of Jasher 46

¹🔗nd Ashur son of Shem and his children and household went forth at that time, a very large body of them, and they went to a distant land that they found, and they met with a very extensive valley in the land that they went to, and they built themselves four cities, and they called them after their own names and occurrences.

²🔗 And these are the names of the cities which the children of Ashur built, Ninevah, Resen, Calach and Rehobother; and the children of Ashur dwell there unto this day.

³🔗 And the children of Aram also went and built themselves a city, and they called the name of the city Uz after their eldest brother, and they dwell therein; that is the land of Uz to this day.

⁴🔗 And in the second year after the tower a man from the house of Ashur, whose name was Bela, went from the land of Ninevah to sojourn with his household wherever he could find a place; and they came until opposite the cities of the plain against Sodom, and they dwelt there.

⁵🔗 And the man rose up and built there a small city, and called its name Bela, after his name; that is the land of Zoar unto this day.

⁶🔗 And these are the families of the children of Shem according to their language and cities, after they were scattered upon the earth after the tower.

⁷🔗 And every kingdom, city, and family of the families of the children of Noah built themselves many cities after this.

⁸🔗 And they established governments in all their cities, in order to be regulated by their orders; so did all the families of the children of Noah forever. Jasher Chapter 1 1 1 . And Nimrod son of Cush was still in the land of Shinar, and he reigned over it and dwelt there, and he built cities in the land of Shinar. 2.