Genesis 10:9
He was a giant hunter before the Lord God; therefore they say, As Nimrod the giant hunter before the Lord.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
8And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth.
Cross References
Genesis 6:11But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.
Genesis 25:27And the lads grew, and Esau was a man skilled in hunting, dwelling in the country, and Jacob a simple man, dwelling in a house.
2 Chronicles 28:22but only troubled him in his affliction: and he departed yet more from the Lord, and King Ahaz said,
Jeremiah 16:16Behold, I will send many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send many hunters, and they shall hunt them upon every mountain, and upon every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
Micah 7:2For the godly is perished from the earth; and there is none among men that orders his way aright: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict every one his neighbor:
Matthew Henry on Genesis 10:7-15
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 Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said; Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord . 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and… Read the whole commentary →