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Genesis 10:8 KJV
Genesis · chapter 10 · verse 8
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.Genesis 10:8 · King James Version
Genesis 10:8 in context
6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- NimrodNimrôwdNimrod, a son of CushH5248 →
- begatyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- beganchâlalproperly, to boreH2490 →
- CushKûwshCush , the name of a son of Ham, and of his territoryH3568 →
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That which is observable and improvable in these verses is the account here given of Nimrod, Gen 10:8-10. He is here represented as a great man in his day: He began to be a mighty one in the earth, that is, whereas those that went before him were content to stand upon the same level with their neighbours, and though…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-14