Genesis 10:8
And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who was the first of the great men of the earth.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
In Context
9He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.
Cross References
Genesis 2:13And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.
Micah 5:6\5:7\And the rest of Jacob will be among the mass of peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which may not be kept back by man, or be waiting for the sons of men.
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 →