1 Chronicles 1:10

10 Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man. ^[a]

1 Chronicles 1:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 1:10

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 1:5).

1 Chronicles 1:10 In-Context

8 The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

9 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

10 Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man.

11 Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

12 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim.

Footnotes

• [a] 1:10 Or 'He began to be a mighty man on the earth'