Scripture Post #1,429: *NIMROD*

Genesis 10:8: 

"And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth."

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Context: 

Gen. 10:6: "And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan."

V. 7: "And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan."

V. 8: "And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth."

V. 9: "He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD."

V. 10: "And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar."

Noah was Nimrod's great-grandfather. Noah >> Ham >> Cush >> Nimrod. One of Nimrod's *several* kingdom's was Babel. Babylon derived from Babel, and Babylon was *the* most wicked kingdom this world has ever seen!

"And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." ~Revelation 17:5. 

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