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1 Chronicles 1:10

CushNimrod

8 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

9 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

11 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,

12 the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
KJV
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
WEB
Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth.
ASV
And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
DARBY
And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.
BLB
And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
ÅB
Og Kus fikk en sønn som hette Nimrod; han var den første som fikk velde på jorden.
OTB
Kusj var far til Nimrod;
han ble en mektig mann på jorden.
B1930
Og Kus fikk en sønn som hette Nimrod; han var den første som fikk velde på jorden.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 10:8–12

    Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

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  • Micah 5:6

    And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.

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