Genesis 10:8

Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be known as a mighty one in the earth.

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In The King James Version

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

In Context

7The sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.

9He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; which is why people say: “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”

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Cross References

Genesis 2:13The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows around the whole land of Cush,

Micah 5:6They will shepherd Assyria with a sword, and the land of Nimrod with bared blades. They will deliver us from Assyria, when they come into our land, and tread within our borders.

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 →

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