And the sons of Cush, Seba and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: also the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

And Cush begat Nimrod, who began to be [a]mighty in the earth.

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Wherefore it is said, [b]As Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:8 Meaning, a cruel oppressor and tyrant.
  2. Genesis 10:9 His tyranny came into a proverb as hated both of God and man: for he passed not to commit cruelty even in God’s presence.

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