Genesis 10:9
He was a gibbor, a hunter before Hashem; therefore it is said, like Nimrod the gibbor, the hunter before Hashem.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8And Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be a gibbor in ha'aretz.
10And the beginning of his kingdom was Bavel, and Erech, and Akkad, and Calneh, in Eretz Shinar.
Cross References
Genesis 6:11Ha'aretz also was corrupt before HaElohim, and ha'aretz was filled with chamas.
Genesis 25:27And the nearim grew: and Esav was a skilled hunter, an ish sadeh; and Ya'akov was an ish tam (quiet man), dwelling in ohalim.
2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time of his distress he did act even more unfaithfully against Hashem. This is that Melech Achaz.
Jeremiah 16:16Behold, I will send for many dayagim (fisherman), saith Hashem, and they shall fish them out; and after that will I send for many tzayadim (hunters), and they shall hunt them from every har (mountain), and from every givah (hill), and out of the crevices of the sela'im (rocks).
Micah 7:2The chasid has disappeared from ha'aretz; 1 and there is none yashar (upright, straight) among men; 1 they all lie in wait for dahm; 1 they hunt every man his brother with a net. 1
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 →