Genesis 10:8

mighty one. a hero. N. B. From Ham; not from Shem.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- XXXII. Ham 6. מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m , “Mitsraim.” מצר mētser , “straitness, limit, pressure.” מצור mātsôr , “distress, siege, mound, b...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a (e) mighty one in the earth. (e) Meaning, a cruel oppressor and tyrant.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10. The Table of Nations. From P and J. To P we may assign Genesis 10:1-7 ; Genesis 10:20 ; Genesis 10:31 f. The rest belongs to J, for...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. And Cush begat Nimrod. It is certain that Cush was the prince of the Ethiopians. Moses relates the singular history of his son Nimrod, bec...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. Nimrod - Of this person little is known, as he is not mentioned except here and in...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Cush begat Nimrod, &c.— Nimrod's impiety and apostacy are here marked out, as well as his tyranny and domination. The word Nimrod signifies a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. Cush begat Nimrod. Rawlinson, viewing this chart as having an exclusively na...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Nations descended from Noah This section gives the origins and situations of the nations of the world, as their relationships were conceived b...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Begat ] was the progenitor of. Nimrod ] the one personal figure of the chapter. Here his name is proverbial as that of a mighty hunter ( Genesis 1...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Cush begat Nimrod. — This does not mean that Nimrod was the son of Cush, but only that Cush was his ancestor. In the days of Nimrod population had...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter we have a simple and straightforward account of the dispersion of the sons of Noah and their families after the Flood. The descendant...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Cush begat Nimrod ,.... Besides the other five sons before mentioned; and probably this was his youngest son, being mentioned last; or however h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. Ver. 8. Nimrod, he began to be a mighty one. ] His name signifies a rebel: he was...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DESCENDANTS OF NOAH In this chapter the genealogy of Japheth is given first (vs.1-5). Their history is not pursued in the book of Genesis: their c...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabt...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Cir. 2218 Whom he placeth last of all his sons, because he was to say more of him.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Cush begat Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty warrior (hunter) before Yahweh (i.e. even in the Yahweh's eyes); wh...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 10:1 . Generations] The origins, genesis, or developments; a characteristic note of this book. The whole chapter is a ta...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 10:2 . The sons of Japhet were Gomer, &c. Japhet is the Iapetos of the Greeks. His blessing Niphtha occasioned him to be called Nept...
The Biblical Illustrator

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah A chapter of genealogies Many readers might be disposed to undervalue a chapter like this, si...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART II . THE POST - DILUVIAN AGE OF THE WORLD . CH . 10:1-11:26. FROM THE DELUGE TO THE CALL OF ABRAM . § 5. THE GENERATION...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sons of Ham
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 1715. B.C. 2289. Nimrod. Micah 5:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Began to be mighty on the earth — That is, whereas those that went before him were content to stand upon the same level with their neighbours, Nimr...

⁸ And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 10:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 10:8