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Genesis 10:8 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œAnd Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.”

Genesis 10:8

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And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

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And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

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

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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

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And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. {Babel: Gr. Babylon}

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