Genesis 10:9

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He was a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed. That’s why people used to say, “⌞He’s⌟ like Nimrod, a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed.”

Cross References

Genesis 10:10

The first ⌞cities⌟ in his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in Shinar [Babylonia].

Genesis 10:8

Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth.

Genesis 13:13

(The people who lived in Sodom were very wicked. They committed terrible sins against the Lord.)

Genesis 25:27

They grew up. Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman. Jacob remained a quiet man, staying around the tents.

Genesis 27:30

Isaac finished blessing Jacob. Jacob had barely left when his brother Esau came in from hunting.

Genesis 6:11

The world was corrupt in God’s sight and full of violence.

Genesis 6:4

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, as well as later, when the sons of God slept with the daughters of other humans and had children by them. These children were famous long ago.

2 Chronicles 28:22

When he had this trouble, King Ahaz became more unfaithful to the Lord.

Psalm 52:7

“Look at this person who refused to make God his fortress! Instead, he trusted his great wealth and became strong through his greed.”

Isaiah 18:2

It sends messengers by sea in boats made of reeds ⌞skimming⌟ over the surface of the water. Go, swift messengers, to a tall and smooth-skinned people, a people ⌞who are⌟ feared far and near, a strong and aggressive nation, whose land is divided by rivers.

Jeremiah 16:16

“I’m going to send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will catch the people of Israel. After that, I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt for them on every mountain and hill and even in the cracks in the rocks.

Ezekiel 13:18

“Tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: How horrible it will be for women who sew magic charms for people’s wrists and make magic veils of every size for people’s heads. You want to trap people. You want to control the lives of my people for your own profit.

Micah 7:2

Faithful people are gone from the earth, and no one is decent. All people lie in ambush to commit murder. They trap each other with nets.