6. Ham’s sons were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
7. Cush’s sons were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah’s sons were Sheba and Dedan.
8. Cush also had a son named Nimrod who became a very powerful man on earth.
9. He was a great hunter before the Lord. That is why people compare other men to him and say, “That man is like Nimrod, a great hunter before the Lord.”
10. Nimrod’s kingdom spread from Babylon to Erech, to Akkad, and then to Calneh in the land of Babylonia.