King James Version
1 Chronicles 1:10 in the King James Version says “And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.”
1 Chronicles 1:10 · KJV
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
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“begat”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“he began”
H2490properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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