6 (A)The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush were (B)Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and (C)Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were (D)Sheba and (E)Dedan. 8 Now Cush (a)became the father of Nimrod; he (b)became a mighty one on the earth.

Footnotes:

a. Genesis 10:8: ['Lit ', begot]
b. Genesis 10:8: ['Lit ', began to be]

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