Similarly, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan (date uncertain) mentions a Jewish tradition that Nimrod left Shinar in southern Mesopotamia and fled to Assyria in northern Mesopotamia, because he refused to take part in building the Tower—for which God rewarded him with the four cities in Assyria, to substitute for the ones in Babel.
De xeito semellante, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan (de data incerta) menciona unha tradición xudía de que Nimrod deixou Sinar na Mesopotamia do sur e fuxíu cara Asiria en Mesopotamia do norte, porque rexeitou participar na construción da torre, polo que o Creador lle premiou coas catro cidades en Asiria, para substituír as de Babel.