Genesis 10:8-9

8 Cush was the father^[a] of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.

9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

Genesis 10:8-9 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.

Cross References

• 1. Micah 5:6
• 2. 2 Chronicles 14:9; 2 Chronicles 16:8; Isaiah 18:2
• 3. Genesis 25:27; Genesis 27:3

Footnotes

• [a] "Father" may mean "ancestor" or "predecessor" or "founder" ; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26.