Genesis 10:8

New Messianic Version Bible

And Kush (blackness, Etheopian) begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Nimrod (rebellion): he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Cross References

Micah 5:6

And they shall waste the land of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver [us] from the Ashur (Assyrian), when he comes into our land, and when he treads within our borders.

Genesis 10:7

And the sons of Kush (blackness, Etheopian); S’va (a drunkard; that turn), and Havilah (that suffers pain; that brings forth), and Savta (a going about or circuiting), and Ra’amah (greatness; thunder; some sort of evil), and Savt’kha (that surrounds; that causes wounding): and the sons of Ra’amah (greatness; thunder; some sort of evil); Sh’va (oath), and D’dan (their breasts; friendship; a judge).

Genesis 10:9

He was a mighty hunter in place of [in opposition to] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate): For what reason it is said, Even as Nimrod (rebellion) the mighty hunter in place of [in opposition to] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).

Isaiah 18:2

That send ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes (papyrus) upon the waters, [saying], Go, you2f swift messengers, to a nation tall and bronzed, to a people terrible from far and wide; a nation powerful and oppressive, whose land the rivers have divided!

Genesis 2:13

And the name of the second river [is] Gikhon (Bursting Forth): the same [is] it that compasses the whole land of Ethiopia [Kush] (some burnt face, mixed).

1 Chronicles 1:10

And Kush [black] (Ethiopia) [black] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Nimrod [rebellion, or the valiant]: he began to be mighty upon the earth.