1 Chronicles 1:10
in 1 Chronicles 1Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
KJV
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 1
Commentary
4 notes on this verseHe began to be mighty upon the earth - “He began to be bold in sin, a murderer of the innocent, and a rebel before the Lord.” - T.
This site's exposition
The sons of Ham
on 1 Chronicles 1:8-16
In fifty-four verses of names the narrator breaks pattern only twice, and the first is here: Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth, one clause of story kept from Gen 10:8 while everything around it is trimmed to names. What survives the Chronicler's compression is by that fact marked as freight. The line runs on through Mizraim and Canaan, whose peoples fill the conquest narratives already built.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
), contain the sacred line of Christ from Adam to Abraham, and are inserted in his pedigree, Luke iii. 34-38 , the order ascending as here it descends. This genealogy proves the falsehood of that reproach, As for this man, we know not whence he is.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
began to be a mighty man on the earth He began to make wars and [perform] mighty deeds on the earth.
2 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And Arab begat Nimrod, who was the chief of those who would be warriors in sin, who shed innocent blood and rebelled [ m'rod ] before the LORD.
And Mitzraim begot Ludim In Genesis Rabbah (37:5) “Said Rabbi Abba bar Kahana: The entire coinage of Mizraim is only in the sea.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 1 further source is cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכ֖וּשׁ | vekhush | and Cush | H3568 → | 29 times |
| יָלַ֣ד | yalad | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נִמְר֑וֹד | nimrod | Nimrod | H5248 → | |
| ה֣וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| הֵחֵ֔ל | hechel | he began | H2490 → | 143 times |
| לִהְי֥וֹת | lihyot | to be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| גִּבּ֖וֹר | gibor | a mighty [man] | H1368 → | 158 times |
| בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ ס | baaretz | on the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
וְכ֖וּשׁand Cush
vekhushH3568 →29 times
יָלַ֣דhe fathered
yaladH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נִמְר֑וֹדNimrod
nimrodH5248 →
ה֣וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
הֵחֵ֔לhe began
hechelH2490 →143 times
לִהְי֥וֹתto be
lihyotH1961 →3559 times
גִּבּ֖וֹרa mighty [man]
giborH1368 →158 times
בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ סon the earth
baaretzH776 →2504 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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…
it leads to
- Genesis 10:8–11
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
- Luke 1:74
deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
- Isaiah 14:25
I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
- Zephaniah 2:13
And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
- 2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people…
- Genesis 10:8–11
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.