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Genesis 10:8
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6 aThe sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.  
7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8 Cush begot aNimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.  
9 He was a mighty ahunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter bbefore the Lord.”  
10 aAnd the beginning of his kingdom was bBabel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.  
11 From that land he went to aAssyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,  
12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).
13 Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
14 Pathrusim, and Casluhim a(from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim).  
15 Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and aHeth;  
16 athe Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite;  
17 the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite;
18 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed.
19 aAnd the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.  
20 These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.
21 And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.  
Verse Comparison: Genesis 10:8

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

Amplified® Bible
Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first to be a mighty man on the earth.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 10:6)

Darby English Version
And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.

Good News Bible
Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.

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

New American Standard Bible
Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.

New International Version
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth.

New King James Version
Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.

Revised Standard Version
Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.

Young's Literal Translation
And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;


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