Genesis 10:8
And Cush begot Nimrod. He began to be a mighty man on the earth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
In Context
9He was a mighty hunter before LORD. Therefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before LORD.
Cross References
Genesis 2:13And the name of the second river is Gihon. The same is it which encompasses the whole land of Cush.
Micah 5:6And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances of it. And he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he comes into our land, and when he treads within our border.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 10:7-15
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said; Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord . 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and… Read the whole commentary →