10 Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man.[a]

11 (A)Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 12 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:10 Or He began to be a mighty man on the earth

10 Cush was the father[a] of

Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on earth.

11 Egypt was the father of

the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 12 Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:10 Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder; also in verses 11, 13, 18 and 20.