Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 10:8
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Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
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And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
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Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth.
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And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
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Genesis 10
6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
10 His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
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