E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 10:9
hunter. Compare Jeremiah 16:16 . it is said. A later proverb of Semitic origin, as Jehovah was not known in Babylonia. before = in defiance of (Genesis 6:11 ). read more
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E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 10:10
Babel. In Semitic Babylonian = Bab-ili = "the gate of the god", Compare Genesis 11:9 . Shinar = Babylonia, and is to be distinguished from Assyria (Isaiah 11:11 ). read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 10:7
The critical writers, ever watchful to discover "contradictions" complain that Sheba and Havilah in this verse, where they appear as Cushites descended from Ham, appear again in Genesis 10:28,29 as Shemites![8] This only means however that some of the same names were used by various branches of Noah's family, a most natural occurrence. It is a characteristic of the Bible that many names appear again and again. Even in the Twelve, there are two Simons, two Jameses, and two Judases. There are two... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 10:8-10
"Nimrod, the mighty hunter ..." As the founder of both Babylon and Nineveh, both of which were noted for their rebellion against God, Babylon, in fact, having come to stand in all ages as the great symbol for opposition and rebellion against God, Nimrod must be considered to have exhibited the same evil qualities. Whitelaw wrote that:"Eastern tradition has painted Nimrod as a gigantic oppressor of the peoples' liberties and an impious rebel against Divine authority. Josephus credited him with... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 10:7
Genesis 10:7. Sons of Cush— Were five: Seba, Sabtah, and Sabtecah, there is great reason to believe, have peopled Arabia Felix: Havilah lived within the branch of the river Pison, which ran out of the Euphrates into the bay of Persia, and bounded Arabia Felix on the east: Raamah, with his sons Sheba and Dedan, peopled the parts adjacent to the Red-Sea. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 10:8
Genesis 10:8. 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, ציד tzaid, is used as well for catching, or ensnaring souls, as for catching game. See Ezekiel 18:20-21. Great oppressors also are called hunters, Jeremiah 16:16. And the phrase, before the Lord, may signify, his opposition to the Lord, his own desertion of the divine presence and regard, as... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 10:10
Genesis 10:10. The beginning of his kingdom was Babel— i.e.. Babylon was either the first city built by him, or the capital city of his kingdom: the former seems the most probable. Erech, there is great reason to believe, is the same with Arecca, mentioned by Ptolemy; Accad, with Sittace; and Calneh, with Ctesiphon upon the Tigris. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 10:8
8. Nimrod—mentioned as eclipsing all his family in renown. He early distinguished himself by his daring and successful prowess in hunting wild beasts. By those useful services he earned a title to public gratitude; and, having established a permanent ascendancy over the people, he founded the first kingdom in the world [ :-]. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 10:10
10. the beginning of his kingdom—This kingdom, of course, though then considered great, would be comparatively limited in extent, and the towns but small forts. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 10:8
mighty one = a hero. N. B. From Ham; not from Shem. read more