 | Saint Augustine (of Hippo) - 1998 - 1284 pàgines
...is said: And Gush begat Nimrod: he began to be a giant in the earth. He was a mighty hunter against the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter against the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in... | |
 | Ya'acov Agam - 1993 - 688 pàgines
...Savta, and Ra'ma, and Savtekha, and the sons of Ra'ma ; Sheva, and Dedan. And Kush begot Nimrod : he 8 began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter 9 before the LORD : wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning... | |
 | Edward Davies - 2000 - 668 pàgines
...wickedness and persecution of Nimrod became proverbial, and continued so for many succeeding generations. " Wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord." Now this proverb could not have been used amongst his own subjects and associates, who embraced his... | |
 | Batyah Davis - 2001 - 453 pàgines
...Cush; Sebo, and Havilah and sabtah and Raamah and Sabtecha and the sons of Raamah; Sheba and Dedan. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in...Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. 326And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Eccad and Claneh in the land ofShinar.... | |
 | Lynn McDonald - 2006 - 598 pàgines
...and unclean not known till Leviticus 1 1 . Genesis 10:8-9 And Gush begat Nimrod:/ rebel against God/ he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a...Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter (before) the Lord. FN: Against the face of the Lord. St Augustine — perhaps hunter of souls. Ezekiel 13. 12 Oriental... | |
 | William Andrews - 2001 - 296 pàgines
...or any of the old authorities. We are simply told in Genesis that Nimrod was a son of Cash, and that "He began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was...even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord."* The precise meaning of this has been questioned. It most likely signifies that Nimrod was the first... | |
 | Russell R. Standish, Colin D. Standish - 2001 - 342 pàgines
...Babylon. The rebellion of Babylon commenced with its founder, Nimrod, the great-grandson of Noah. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before [against] the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the... | |
 | Philip R. Davies, Alastair G. Hunter - 2002 - 506 pàgines
...Wodehouse, Joy in the Morning, in The Jeeves Omnibus, II, 220. 12. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, 16. Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in...'Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord'. Nimrod as a generic term for a hunter is, of course, famously used in Elgar's Enigma Variations. One... | |
 | Harold A. Lerch, Sr., Harold Lerch - 2002 - 298 pàgines
...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... | |
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He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. 
