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1 Chronicles 1:10

CushNimrod

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

9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.

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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

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

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  • Micah 5:6

    And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

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