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Genesis 10:9

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He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”.

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Genesis 10:9 in other translations

He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.

Genesis 10:9 · American Standard Version

Genesis 10:9 in context

  1. 7The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.
  2. 8Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.
  3. 9He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”.
  4. 10The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
  5. 11Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,