Genesis 10:9
“He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 10Meaning
Nimrod is remembered as a mighty hunter before the Lord, becoming the subject of a proverb. The verse advances the chapter's ordered account of post-flood peoples.
Read carefully
The verse belongs to an ancient genealogical narrative that briefly expands on Nimrod and early cities; later legends should not be read back into the text as if stated here.
Reflection
Genesis 10 presents human diversity as developing within one post-flood human family, while preserving distinct peoples, places, and lines of descent.