Sinai LogoSinai

Genesis 10:8

World English Bible

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

Read all of Genesis 10Open in the Sinai app

Genesis 10:8 in other translations

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

Genesis 10:8 · American Standard Version

Genesis 10:8 in context

  1. 6The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
  2. 7The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.
  3. 8Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.
  4. 9He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”.
  5. 10The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.