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What does Genesis 10:8 mean?
"Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth."
— Genesis 10:8 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.
Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.
He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”.
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
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