 | W. E. Van Amburgh - 2005 - 313 pàgines
...to look to Nimrod as a mighty one. We have only a brief reference to him in Genesis 10: 8-13: "And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth: he was a mighty hunter before [esteemed by his followers in preference to] the Lord. . . . And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel,... | |
 | Eliezer Segal, Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion - 2005 - 177 pàgines
...texts read "during his reign against him." 2 Ed. Theodor and Albeck, 408-409. 3 Gen. 10:8: "And Gush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth." "Cushite" is thus used here in a simple, factual way that requires no aggadic exposition. In other... | |
 | J. G. Vos - 2006 - 566 pàgines
...mentioned must have been Ethiopian tribes. Some of them may have been located in southwestern Arabia. "And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in...Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord" (10:8-9). This reference to Nimrod is a sort of parenthesis in this chapter that consists mainly of... | |
 | Robert Taylor - 2006 - 361 pàgines
...what they are—that is, a veil thrown over astronomical science, and allegory and fiction merely. was a mighty hunter before the Lord." Wherefore it is said, " even a* Nirarod, the mighty hunter before the Lord." Genesis x. 9. And here you see. on the celestial globe,... | |
 | Robert Congdon - 2007 - 298 pàgines
...unify mankind through worldwide government and religion began with a mighty hunter called Nimrod: And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in...Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord, Genesis 10:8-9 With acclaim came power over others, some by consent and some by force.20 Because no... | |
 | Evelyn George - 2007 - 354 pàgines
...pertaining to God. Genesis 10:8-10 8 And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore...Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, andAccad, and Calneh, in the land ofShinar.... | |
 | John A. Abrams - 2007 - 662 pàgines
...their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. Genesis 10: 10:9: He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore...Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10:10: And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land ofShinar.... | |
 | Jojean - 2007 - 462 pàgines
...of Noah. At first glance, Gen. 10: 8-9 appears to be complimentary towards Nimrod: "And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord..." But "before" in this passage really means against, as Nimrod, whose name means "let us rebel," was... | |
 | Craig White - 2007 - 314 pàgines
...has this to say concerning Nimrod: "And Cush begat Nimrod [from Hebrew "Mar-ad", meaning to rebel]; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before [Hebrew means "in defiance of] the Lord ... and the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech,... | |
 | Donald Louis Giddens - 2007 - 383 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 (JHWH*): wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty... | |
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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. 
