Genesis 10:8
6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
10 His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
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.
Compare
- 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 a mighty one in 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 sønnen Nimrod; han var den første som fikk stort velde på jorden.
- OTB
- Kusj ble far til Nimrod, som vokste opp til å bli en mektig kriger på jorden.
- B1930
- Og Kus fikk sønnen Nimrod; han var den første som fikk stort velde på jorden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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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