Genesis 10:9
He was a myghtie hunter in the syghte of the LORde: Where of came the proverbe: he is as Nemrod that myghtie hunter in the syghte of the LORde.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
In Context
8Chus also begot Nemrod which bega to be myghtye in the erth.
10And the begynnynge of hys kyngdome was Babell Erech Achad and Chalne in the lande of Synear:
Cross References
Genesis 6:11And the erth was corrupte in the syghte of god and was full of mischefe.
Genesis 25:27and the boyes grewe and Esau became a conynge hunter and a tyllman. But Iacob was a simple man and dwelled in the tentes.
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 →