Genesis 10:8

Good News Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 10:7

The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan.

Genesis 10:9

By the Lord's help he was a great hunter, and that is why people say, “May the Lord make you as great a hunter as Nimrod!”

Genesis 2:13

The second river is the Gihon; it flows around the country of Cush.

1 Chronicles 1:10

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

Isaiah 18:2

From that land ambassadors come down the Nile in boats made of reeds. Go back home, swift messengers! Take a message back to your land divided by rivers, to your strong and powerful nation, to your tall and smooth-skinned people, who are feared all over the world.

Micah 5:6

By force of arms they will conquer Assyria, the land of Nimrod, and they will save us from the Assyrians when they invade our territory.