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1 Chronicles 1:10
1 Chronicles 1:10 is verse 10 of 1 Chronicles chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Or who established himself as a mighty warrior
King James Version
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
World English Bible
Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth.
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1 Chronicles 1:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible
8 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
10 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
11 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
12 the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 10:8Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Genesis 10:9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
Genesis 10:10His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 10:11From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
Genesis 10:12and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
Micah 5:6And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.