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1 Chronicles 1:10 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 1 · verse 10
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.1 Chronicles 1:10 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 1:10 in context
8The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
10And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
11And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
12And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- NimrodNimrôwdNimrod, a son of CushH5248 →
- mightygibbôwrpowerfulH1368 →
- begatyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- beganchâlalproperly, to boreH2490 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- CushKûwshCush , the name of a son of Ham, and of his territoryH3568 →
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This paragraph has Adam for its first word and Abraham for its last. Between the creation of the former and the birth of the latter were 2000 years, almost the one-half of which time Adam himself lived. Adam was the common father of our flesh, Abraham the common father of the faithful.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-27