1 Chronicles 1:10
And Cush was the father of Nimrod: he was the first to be a great man in the earth.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
In Context
11And Egypt was the father of the Ludim and the Anamim and the Lehabim and the Naphtuhim
Cross References
Genesis 10:8And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who was the first of the great men of the earth.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 1:2-28
First Chronicles In common things repetition is thought needless and nauseous; but, in sacred things, precept must be upon precept and line upon line. To me, says the apostle, to write the same things is not grievous, but for you it is safe, Phil. iii. 1 . These books of Chronicles are in a great measure repetition; so are much of the second and third of the four evangelists: and yet there are no tautologies either here or there no vain repetitions. We may be ready to think that of all the books of holy scripture… Read the whole commentary →