Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 10:9
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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
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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.
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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD”.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.
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Genesis 10
7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
10 His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
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