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


In Context

5 By these were divided the islands of the Gentiles in their lands, every one according to his tongue and their families in their nations.

6 And the sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesram, and Phuth, and Chanaan.

7 And the sons of Chus: Saba and Hevila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabatacha. The sons of Regma: Saba and Dadan.

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

9 And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord.

10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Arach, and Achad, and Chalanne in the land of Sennaar.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.

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.