◄ Genesis 10:8 ►
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Good News Translation
Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.

New Revised Standard Version
Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to become a mighty warrior.

New American Bible
Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first to become a mighty warrior on earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.

A.

1715. B.C.

2289. Nimrod.

Micah 5:6 And this man shall be our peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall set his foot in our houses: and we shall raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

Context
The Hamites
…7And the sons of Chus: Saba, and Hevila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabatacha. The sons of Regma: Saba, and Dadan. 8Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.9And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord.…
Cross References
Genesis 10:7
And the sons of Chus: Saba, and Hevila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabatacha. The sons of Regma: Saba, and Dadan.

Genesis 10:9
And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord.

Isaiah 18:2
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, and in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters. Go, ye swift angels, to a nation rent and torn in pieces: to a terrible people, after which there is no other: to a nation expecting and trodden underfoot, whose land the rivers have spoiled.

Micah 5:6
And this man shall be our peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall set his foot in our houses: and we shall raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

Genesis 10:7
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