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The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabteca.

The sons of Raamah were: Sheba, Dedan.

One of the descendants[a] of Cush was Nimrod, who became the first of the kings. He was a mighty hunter, blessed of God,[b] and his name became proverbial. People would speak of someone as being “like Nimrod—a mighty hunter, blessed of God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:8 One of the descendants, or “The son.”
  2. Genesis 10:9 a mighty hunter, blessed of God, or “a mighty hunter against the Lord.”

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