Genesis 10:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. ”

Genesis 10:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- XXXII. Ham 6. מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m , “Mitsraim.” מצר mētser , “straitness, limit, pressure.” מצור mātsôr , “distress, siege, mound, bulwark; Egypt.” מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m , “perhaps do...
Genesis 10:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even (f) as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. (f) His tyranny came into a proverb as hated both by God and man: for he did not c...
Genesis 10:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 10:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hunter. Compare Jeremiah 16:16 . it is said. . later proverb of Semitic origin, as Jehovah was not known in Babylonia. before . in defiance of ( Genesis 6:11 ).
Genesis 10:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
Genesis 10:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. In a desert or newly colonized country...
Genesis 10:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 10:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He was a mighty hunter. — When men were still leading a pastoral life, and were but poorly armed, the war with wild beasts was a most important and dangerous occupation. Probably from single combat...
Genesis 10:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Genesis 10:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord ,.... Which might be literally true; for, from the time of the flood to his days, wild beasts might increase very much, and greatly annoy men who dwelt very li...
Genesis 10:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. Ver. 9. He was a mighty hunter. ] Of men, whose lives he sacrificed to his lust, not...
Genesis 10:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nimrod was a mighty hunter In the Septuagint it is, He was a giant hunter : the Arabic has it, He was a terrible giant before the Lord: and the Syriac, He was a great warrior. It is probable h...
Genesis 10:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 10:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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. ...
Genesis 10:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He was a mighty hunter, first of beasts, and by that occasion of men. For when men were few, and lived dispersedly, and wild beasts abounded, and most of all in those parts, by hunting and destroyi...
Genesis 10:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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...
Genesis 10:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 10:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Genesis 10:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Genesis 10:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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)....
Genesis 10:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sons of Ham
Genesis 10:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

a mighty. Genesis 6:4 Genesis 25:27 Genesis 27:30 Genesis 27:30 Jeremiah 16:16 Ezekiel 13:18 Micah 7:2 before the Lord. Genesis 6:11 Genesis 13:13 Even. 2 Chronicles 28:22 Psalms...
Genesis 10:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Nimrod was a mighty hunter — This he began with, and for this became famous to a proverb. Some think he did good with his hunting, served his country by ridding it of wild beasts, and so insinuated...

Genesis 10:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 10:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 10:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 10:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 10:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 10:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 10:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 10:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 10:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 10:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 10:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 10:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 10:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 10:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 10:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 10:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 10:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 10:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 10:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes