The sons of Cush:

Seba,(A) Havilah,(B) Sabtah, Raamah(C) and Sabteka.

The sons of Raamah:

Sheba(D) and Dedan.(E)

Cush was the father[a] of Nimrod,(F) who became a mighty warrior on the earth. He was a mighty(G) hunter(H) before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:8 Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26.

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