And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
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Interpretation
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough.
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This thought runs through 1 Chronicles 1:8-12.