Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth. New Living Translation Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth. English Standard Version Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. Berean Standard Bible Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth. King James Bible And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. New King James Version Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. New American Standard Bible Now Cush fathered Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth. NASB 1995 Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth. NASB 1977 Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth. Legacy Standard Bible Now Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. Amplified Bible Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth. Christian Standard Bible Cush fathered Nimrod, who began to be powerful in the land. Holman Christian Standard Bible Cush fathered Nimrod, who was the first powerful man on earth. American Standard Version And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Cush begot Nemruud; he began to be a champion in the earth. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth. Douay-Rheims Bible Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty on earth. English Revised Version And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. GOD'S WORD® Translation Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth. Good News Translation Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror. International Standard Version Cush fathered Nimrod, who became the first fearless leader throughout the land. JPS Tanakh 1917 And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. Literal Standard Version And Cush has begotten Nimrod; Majority Standard Bible Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth. New American Bible Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first to become a mighty warrior on earth. NET Bible Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth. New Revised Standard Version Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to become a mighty warrior. New Heart English Bible Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth. Webster's Bible Translation And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. World English Bible Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth. Young's Literal Translation And Cush hath begotten Nimrod; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Hamites…7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 8Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth. 9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”… Cross References Genesis 10:7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. Genesis 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD." Isaiah 18:2 which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers. 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. Treasury of Scripture And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. A. 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. Jump to Previous Begat Begot Begotten Cush Earth First Great Grew Mighty Nimrod WarriorJump to Next Begat Begot Begotten Cush Earth First Great Grew Mighty Nimrod WarriorGenesis 10 1. The generations of Noah.2. Japheth. 6. Ham. 8. Nimrod becomes the first monarch; the descendants of Canaan. 21. The sons of Shem. (8) Cush begat Nimrod.--This does not mean that Nimrod was the son of Cush, but only that Cush was his ancestor. In the days of Nimrod population had become numerous, and whereas each tribe and family had hitherto lived in independence, subject only to the authority of the natural head, he was able, by his personal vigour, to reduce several tribes to obedience, to prevail upon them to build and inhabit cities, and to consolidate them into one body politic. He began to be a mighty one.--Heb., gibbor= warrior. (See Note on Genesis 6:4.) The LXX. translate giant, whence in fable Nimrod is identified with the Orion of the Greeks, in Hebrew Chesil, and in Arabic Jabbar; but this identification is entirely fanciful, as is probably the idea that he is the Izdubar of the Chaldean legends (Chald. Genesis, p. 321). Following the unscholarlike method of explaining Hamite names by Hebrew roots, commentators interpret Nimrod as meaning rebel; but the Biblical narrative speaks rather in his commendation, and the foolish traditions which blacken his reputation date only from the time of Josephus. Mr. Sayce connects his name with the Accadian town Amarda (Chald. Gen., p. 191). Verse 8. - And Cush begat - not necessarily as immediate progenitor, any ancestor being in Hebrew styled a father - Nimrod; the rebel, from maradh, to rebel; the name of a person, not of a people; - Namuret in ancient Egyptian. Though not one of the great ethnic heads, he is introduced into the register of nations as the founder of imperialism. Under him society passed from the patriarchal condition, in which each separate clan or tribe owns the sway of its natural head, into that (more abject or more civilized according as it is viewed) in which many different clans or tribes recognize the sway of one who is not their natural head, but has acquired his ascendancy and dominion by conquest. This is the principle of monarchism. Eastern tradition has painted Nimrod as a gigantic oppressor of the people's liberties and an impious rebel-against the Divine authority. Josephus credits him with having instigated the building of the tower of Babel. He has been identified with the Orion of the Greeks. Scripture may seem to convey a bad impression of Nimrod, but it does not sanction the absurdities of Oriental legend. He began to be a mighty one - Gibbor (vide Genesis 6:4); what he had been previously being expressed in ver. 5 - in the earth. Not ἐπι τῆς γῆς (LXX.), as if pointing to his gigantic stature, but either among men generally, with reference to his widespread fame, or perhaps better "in the land where he dwelt, which was not Babel, but Arabia (vide ver. 6).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And Cushוְכ֖וּשׁ (wə·ḵūš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3568: A son of Ham, also his descendants, also a land in the southern Nile Valley was the father of יָלַ֣ד (yā·laḏ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage Nimrod, נִמְרֹ֑ד (nim·rōḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 5248: Nimrod -- a son of Cush and founder of the Babylonian kingdom who ה֣וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are grew הֵחֵ֔ל (hê·ḥêl) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play to be לִֽהְי֥וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a mighty warrior גִּבֹּ֖ר (gib·bōr) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant on the earth. בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Genesis 10:8 NIVGenesis 10:8 NLT Genesis 10:8 ESV Genesis 10:8 NASB Genesis 10:8 KJV Genesis 10:8 BibleApps.com Genesis 10:8 Biblia Paralela Genesis 10:8 Chinese Bible Genesis 10:8 French Bible Genesis 10:8 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 10:8 Cush became the father of Nimrod (Gen. 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