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Genesis 10:8-9

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10:8 Cush was the father of 1  Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth. 10:9 He was a mighty hunter 2  before the Lord. 3  (That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”)

1 tn Heb “fathered.” Embedded within Cush’s genealogy is an account of Nimrod, a mighty warrior. There have been many attempts to identify him, but none are convincing.

2 tn The Hebrew word for “hunt” is צַיִד (tsayid), which is used on occasion for hunting men (1 Sam 24:12; Jer 16:16; Lam 3:15).

3 tn Another option is to take the divine name here, לִפְנֵי יִהוָה (lifne yÿhvah, “before the Lord [YHWH]”), as a means of expressing the superlative degree. In this case one may translate “Nimrod was the greatest hunter in the world.”



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