1 Chronicles 1:10

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

1 Chronicles 1:10 in Other Translations

10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

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

10 Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.

10 Cush had Nimrod, the first great hero on earth.

10 And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

10 Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth.

10 Cush fathered Nimrod, who was the first to become a great warrior on earth.

10 Cush was the father of Nimrod. Nimrod grew up to be a mighty hero on the earth.

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, Raamah and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

10 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on earth.

11 Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

12 Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.

Footnotes

• [a] "Father" may mean "ancestor" or "predecessor" or "founder" ; also in verses 11, 13, 18 and 20.