Genesis 10:9
Yahweh saw that he had become (OR, caused him to become) a great hunter. That is why people say to a great hunter, “Yahweh ◄sees that you are/has caused you to be► a great hunter like Nimrod.”
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Genesis 6:11At that time God considered that everyone else on earth was very wicked, and everywhere on the earth, people [MTY] were acting cruelly and violently toward each other.
Genesis 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter. He spent a lot of time out in the fields. Jacob was a quiet man who stayed close to the campsite.
2 Chronicles 28:22While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.
Jeremiah 16:16But now I am summoning your enemies who will seize the people of Judah like [MET] fishermen catch fish. I am summoning those who will search for them on every mountain and hill, and in every cave, like [MET] hunters search for animals to kill.
Micah 7:2All the godly people have disappeared from this land; there is not one of them left. The people who are left are all murderers [MTY]; it is as though everyone is eager to kill his fellow countryman.
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 →