VERSE STUDY • KJV

Genesis 10:8

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

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And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;

5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

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.

8 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.

11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

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