8And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.


In Context

5 From these came the distribution of the isles of the nations, according to their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

6 And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

7 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

8 And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.

9 He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah; therefore it is said, As Nimrod, the mighty hunter before Jehovah!

10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:8Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:8Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty on earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.