Genesis 10:8

And Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be a gibbor in ha'aretz.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7And the Bnei Cush: Seva, and Chavilah, and Savtah, and Ra'amah, and Savtecha; and the Bnei Raamah: Sheva, and Dedan.

9He was a gibbor, a hunter before Hashem; therefore it is said, like Nimrod the gibbor, the hunter before Hashem.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:13And the shem of the second nahar is Gichon; the same is it that winds through kol eretz Kush.

Micah 5:6And the She'erit Ya'akov shall be in the midst of many people 1 like tal (dew) from Hashem, like the showers upon the grass, 1 that doth not await manʼs bidding, 1 nor tarry for the bnei adam. 1

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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