Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; which is why people say: “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”
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In Context
8Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be known as a mighty one in the earth.
10The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Cross References
Genesis 6:11God saw that the earth was corrupt and full of violence.
Genesis 25:27As they grew up, Esau became a skilful hunter, a man who lived out in the fields; but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed about the tents.
Micah 7:2The honest have perished from the land, of the upright among people there is none. All of them lie in wait to shed blood. They hunt one another with the net.
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 →