Genesis 10:8

The Passion Translation

Cush also had a son named Nimrod, who became known as the first mighty conqueror.

Cross References

Genesis 10:7

The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

Genesis 10:9

He was a mighty despot before Yahweh . There was a saying, “Like Nimrod, a mighty despot before Yahweh.”

Isaiah 18:2

sending their messengers by the way of the Nile in papyrus vessels gliding on the water! Go, you swift messengers, to a tall, smooth-skinned people feared far and wide, to a mighty conquering nation whose land the rivers divide.

Genesis 2:13

The second river, Gushing, flows through the entire land of Cush.