Verse 9
Genesis 10:9
Literal Standard Version
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he has begun to be a hero in the land; he has been a hero in hunting before YHWH; therefore it is said, “As Nimrod the hero in hunting before YHWH.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֽוּא הָיָ֥ה גִבֹּֽר צַ֖יִד לִ/פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה עַל כֵּן֙ יֵֽאָמַ֔ר כְּ/נִמְרֹ֛ד גִּבּ֥וֹר צַ֖יִד לִ/פְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה
English Translation
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD."
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Chapter 10 Context
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And these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and sons are born to them...
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Sons of Japheth are Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
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And sons of Gomer are Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
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And sons of Javan are Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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By these the islands of the nations have been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their fa...
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And sons of Ham are Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
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And sons of Cush are Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah ar...
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And Cush has begotten Nimrod;
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he has begun to be a hero in the land; he has been a hero in hunting before YHWH; therefore it is sa...
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And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;
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from that land he has gone out to Asshur, and builds Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and...
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and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it is the great city.
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And Mitzraim has begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,
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and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim (from where have come out Philistim), and the Caphtorim.
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And Canaan has begotten Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
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and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
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and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
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and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite h...
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And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, in your coming toward Gerar, to Gaza; in your coming...
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These are sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
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As for Shem, father of all sons of Eber, the older brother of Japheth, he has also begotten.
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Sons of Shem are Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
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And sons of Aram are Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
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And Arphaxad has begotten Salah, and Salah has begotten Eber.
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And two sons have been born to Eber; the name of the first is Peleg (for in his days the earth has b...
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And Joktan has begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
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and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
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and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
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and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these are sons of Joktan;
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and their dwelling is from Mesha, in your coming toward Sephar, a mountain of the east.
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These are sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations.
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These are families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, in their nations, and by these the nat...
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