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Genesis 10:8-14

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8 Cush also had Nimrod. He was the first great warrior on Earth.
9 He was a great hunter before God. There was a saying, "Like Nimrod, a great hunter before God."
10 His kingdom got its start with Babel; then Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the country of Shinar.
11 From there he went up to Asshur and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
12 and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
13 Egypt was ancestor to the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim,
14 the Pathrusim, the Casluhim (the origin of the Philistines), and the Kaphtorim.
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Genesis 10:8-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 10

This chapter gives an account of the posterity of the three sons of Noah, by whom the world was peopled after the flood, Ge 10:1 of the posterity of Japheth, Ge 10:2-5 of the posterity of Ham, Ge 10:6-20 and of the posterity of Shem, Ge 10:21-32.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.

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