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.

10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of [c]Shinar.

11 Out of that land came Assyria, and built Nineveh, and the [d]city Rehoboth, and Calah:

12 Resen also between Nineveh and Calah: this is a great city.

13 And Mizraim begat [e]Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim.

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Notas al pie

  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.
  3. Genesis 10:10 For there was another city in Egypt, called also Babel.
  4. Genesis 10:11 Or, the streets of the city.
  5. Genesis 10:13 Of Lud came the Lydians.

Cush was the father[a] of Nimrod,(A) who became a mighty warrior on the earth. He was a mighty(B) hunter(C) before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon,(D) Uruk,(E) Akkad and Kalneh,(F) in[b] Shinar.[c](G) 11 From that land he went to Assyria,(H) where he built Nineveh,(I) Rehoboth Ir,[d] Calah 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.

13 Egypt was the father of

the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

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Notas al pie

  1. Genesis 10:8 Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26.
  2. Genesis 10:10 Or Uruk and Akkad—all of them in
  3. Genesis 10:10 That is, Babylonia
  4. Genesis 10:11 Or Nineveh with its city squares