Genesis 10:8

Modern English Version

Cush was the father of Nimrod. He became a mighty one on the earth.

Cross References

Micah 5:6

They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at her gates; He will rescue us from Assyria, when he enters our land and when he treads within our border.

Genesis 10:7

The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteka; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

Genesis 10:9

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Even like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.”

Isaiah 18:2

which sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of reeds on the waters, saying, “Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people feared far and wide, a nation strong and oppressive, whose land the rivers have divided.”

Genesis 2:13

The name of the second river is Gihon; it encompasses the whole land of Cush.

1 Chronicles 1:10

Cush fathered Nimrod, who began to be mighty on the earth.