Genesis 10:8

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Micah 5:6

And they shall rule and waste the land of Assyria with the sword and the land of Nimrod within her [Assyria's own] gates. Thus shall He [the Messiah] deliver us from the Assyrian [representing the opposing powers] when he comes into our land and when he treads on our borders.

Genesis 10:7

The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

Genesis 10:9

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.

Isaiah 18:2

That sends ambassadors by the Nile, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters! Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and polished, to a people terrible from their beginning [feared and dreaded near and far], a nation strong and victorious, whose land the rivers divide!

Genesis 2:13

The second river is named Gihon; it is the one flowing around the whole land of Cush.

1 Chronicles 1:10

Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one upon the earth.