Genesis 10:8-10

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.”

10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in^[b] Shinar.^[c]

Genesis 10:8-10 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
• 4. Genesis 11:9; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 47:1; Jeremiah 21:2; Jeremiah 25:12; Jeremiah 50:1
• 5. Ezra 4:9
• 6. Isaiah 10:9; Amos 6:2
• 7. Genesis 11:2; Genesis 14:1; Zechariah 5:11

Footnotes

• [a]. "Father" may mean "ancestor" or "predecessor" or "founder" ; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26.
• [b]. Or "Uruk and Akkad—all of them in"
• [c]. That is, Babylonia