Genesis 10:8
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.
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.
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 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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