Genesis 10:8 meaning and explanation
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Genesis 10:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Genesis 10 is a table of nations, tracing how Noah's descendants spread across the earth after the flood. Here the narrator pauses over one figure in Ham's line: Cush fathered Nimrod, who "began to be a mighty one on the earth." The Hebrew word gibbor means a mighty warrior or powerful man, and the phrase "began to be" suggests his strength was the start of something, a reputation that grew into a byword.
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