“ And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. ”
- XXXII. Ham 6. מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m , “Mitsraim.” מצר mētser , “straitness, limit, pressure.” מצור mātsôr , “distress, siege, mound, bulwark; Egypt.” מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m , “perhaps do...
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a (e) mighty one in the earth. (e) Meaning, a cruel oppressor and tyrant.
Genesis 10. The Table of Nations. From P and J. To P we may assign Genesis 10:1-7 ; Genesis 10:20 ; Genesis 10:31 f. The rest belongs to J, for the most part to its secondary stratum, with some...
mighty one . a hero. N. B. From Ham; not from Shem.
8. And Cush begat Nimrod. It is certain that Cush was the prince of the Ethiopians. Moses relates the singular history of his son Nimrod, because he began to be eminent in an unusual degree....
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. Nimrod - Of this person little is known, as he is not mentioned except here and in 1 Chronicles 1:10 , which is evidently a copy of t...
Cush begat Nimrod, &c.— Nimrod's impiety and apostacy are here marked out, as well as his tyranny and domination. The word Nimrod signifies an apostate or rebel. The word rendered hunter...
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. Cush begat Nimrod. Rawlinson, viewing this chart as having an exclusively national and geographical bearing, rejects as incons...
The Nations descended from Noah This section gives the origins and situations of the nations of the world, as their relationships were conceived by the early Hebrews. Before passing to the history...
Cush begat Nimrod. — This does not mean that Nimrod was the son of Cush, but only that Cush was his ancestor. In the days of Nimrod population had become numerous, and whereas each tribe and family...
In this chapter we have a simple and straightforward account of the dispersion of the sons of Noah and their families after the Flood. The descendants of Japheth moved toward the isles or the coastla...
And Cush begat Nimrod ,.... Besides the other five sons before mentioned; and probably this was his youngest son, being mentioned last; or however he is reserved to this place, because more was to b...
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. Ver. 8. Nimrod, he began to be a mighty one. ] His name signifies a rebel: he was the chief Babel builder, and there began to be a...
DESCENDANTS OF NOAH In this chapter the genealogy of Japheth is given first (vs.1-5). Their history is not pursued in the book of Genesis: their character was that of the energy of independence, a...
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. ...
Cir. 2218 Whom he placeth last of all his sons, because he was to say more of him.
‘And Cush begat Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty warrior (hunter) before Yahweh (i.e. even in the Yahweh's eyes); wherefore it is said “Like Nimrod a mighty warrior b...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 10:1 . Generations] The origins, genesis, or developments; a characteristic note of this book. The whole chapter is a table of the nations which descended from the sons o...
Genesis 10:2 . The sons of Japhet were Gomer, &c. Japhet is the Iapetos of the Greeks. His blessing Niphtha occasioned him to be called Neptune by the Greeks. Gomer, the father of the Gala...
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah A chapter of genealogies Many readers might be disposed to undervalue a chapter like this, since it is but a collection of names--some of which...
PART II . THE POST - DILUVIAN AGE OF THE WORLD . CH . 10:1-11:26. FROM THE DELUGE TO THE CALL OF ABRAM . § 5. THE GENERATIONS or THE SONS OF NOAH ( CH . 10:1-11:9)....
The Sons of Ham
A.M. 1715. B.C. 2289. Nimrod. Micah 5:6
Began to be mighty on the earth — That is, whereas those that went before him were content to stand upon the same level with their neighbours, Nimrod could not rest in this parity, but he would top...