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Genesis 10:8-12: Nimrod as son of Cush
1. Genesis 10:8-12: Nimrod as son of Cush
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2. Hebrew word for son of
The Hebrew word "
Bar" means "
Son of", as in "
from the house of".
Simon Bar Jonah is "son of Jonah".
The sea of Bacchus is the "sea of the son of Cush" (i.e., the Caspian Sea, named after Nimrod, the son of Cush)
3. Genesis 10:8-12: Nimrod as son of Cush
Genesis 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. [kjv]
χους δε εγεννησεν τον νεβρωδ ουτος ηρξατο ειναι γιγας επι της γης [lxx]
10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. [kjv]
ουτος ην γιγας κυνηγος εναντιον κυριου του θεου δια τουτο ερουσιν ως νεβρωδ γιγας κυνηγος εναντιον κυριου [lxx]
The
Roman god
Bacchus corresponds the
Greek god
Dionysus. Some make the connect of
Bacchus to Hebrew
Bar Cush is in "
Son of Cush" or
Nimrod from Genesis before/during/after the Tower of Babel. The Greek word for
"great" or "
mighty" in the
LXX (Septuagint) is the same
root as the
"giants" or
"Nephilim".
4. Genesis 10:8 Nimrod
Genesis 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. [kjv]
χους δε εγεννησεν τον νεβρωδ ουτος ηρξατο ειναι γιγας επι της γης [lxx]
וכוש … נמרד … [he]
5. Acts 17:34 Dionysus
Acts 17:34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. [kjv]
τινες δε ανδρες κολληθεντες αυτω επιστευσαν εν οις και διονυσιος ο αρεοπαγιτης και γυνη ονοματι δαμαρις και ετεροι συν αυτοις [gnt]
… Dionisius Ariopagita … [v]
… Dionysius … senatour … [ty]
The Greek god
Dionysus is not in the Bible but a Greek by that name is mentioned in Acts 17:34 as an assemblyman, somewhat similar to a Roman senator (who, after Caesar, had no real power and were there mostly for appearance). Tyndale uses the word "
senatour" to describe his position.
The
Roman god
Bacchus corresponds the
Greek god
Dionysus. Some make the connect of
Bacchus to Hebrew
Bar Cush is in "
Son of Cush" or
Nimrod from Genesis before/during/after the Tower of Babel.
6. Revelation 17:3 Woman rides the beast
Revelation 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. [kjv]
και απηνεγκεν με εις ερημον εν πνευματι και ειδον γυναικα καθημενην επι θηριον κοκκινον γεμοντα ονοματα βλασφημιας εχων κεφαλας επτα και κερατα δεκα [gnt]
In Revelation 17, a woman rides the beast. This is the basis of the book
A woman rides the beast, written by Dave Hunt. It was is available as a
PDF (Portable Document Format) on the Internet. (as of 2024-10-31)
The book has a lot of interesting research and conjectures, even if some of the conclusions are not accepted.
7. Genesis 6:4 Giants
Genesis 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. [kjv]
הנפלים … [he]
οι δε γιγαντες ησαν επι της γης εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις και μετ εκεινο ως αν εισεπορευοντο οι υιοι του θεου προς τας θυγατερας των ανθρωπων και εγεννωσαν εαυτοις εκεινοι ησαν οι γιγαντες οι απ αιωνος οι ανθρωποι οι ονομαστοι [lxx]
The Hebrew word
"הנפלים" (ha-ne-pi-lim) ≈ "Nephilim" is translated is
"giants" but these were more than just big and what we would call "
giants" today.
The English word
"Jared"comes from the Latin word
"Iared" ≈ "Jared" which comes from the ancient Greek word
"Ἰαρέδ" ≈ "Jared" which comes from the Hebrew word
"ירד" (yered) ≈ "descend, go down".
8. War of the gods: titans and giants
War of the gods:
Titans (New York Titans in the AFL, Tennessee Titans more recently)
Giants (New York Giants)
The "
bad" side, the Titans, were condemned to be sent to "
Tartarus", the lower part of the depths of "
hell".
Peter, written to Greeks, uses "Tartarus".
Jude does not mention the place.
(Josephus)
9. Josephus: Angels consorting
English: For many angels of God now consorted with women and begat sons who were overbearing and disdainful of every virtue, such confidence had they in their strength; in fact the deeds that tradition ascribes to them resemble the audacious exploits told by the Greeks of the giants. (Jewish Antiquities, I, 73)
Greek: πολλοὶγὰρ ἄγγελοι θεοῦ γυναιξὶ συνιόντες τὸνβίον συνεδρίου παῖδας καὶπαντὸς ὑπερόπτας καλοῦ διὰ τὴν ἐπὶ τῇ δυνάμει πεποίθησιν· ὅμοιατοῖς ὑπὸ γιγάντων τετολμῆσθαι λεγομένοις ὑφ᾿ Ἑλλήνων καὶ οὗτοιδράσαι παραδίδονται. (Loeb #242, p. 35)
Examples: Centaur, Minotaur, etc. Whatever happened, this appears to have happened before the flood of Noah (with some additional references after the flood).
Until the 4th century A.D.: Angels had relations with humans to create hybrids. (Josephus)
Introduced in the 4th century A.D.: Sons of Seth married the daughters of Cain. (Augustine)
Genetic engineering before the flood: In Genesis 5 and as recorded by Josephus in the first century, these fallen angels appear to have consorted (had relations) with women. This "
genetic" engineering created hybrids and was, in part, the reason for the flood of Noah. Noah was not "
perfect" but his genes were not corrupted.
10. Genesis 11:2 Shinar and the Tower of Babel
The land of
Shinar appears to be at or near the site of the
Tower of Babel.
Genesis 11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. [kjv]
και εγενετο εν τω κινησαι αυτους απο ανατολων ευρον πεδιον εν γη σεννααρ και κατωκησαν εκει [lxx]
If, sometime after the flood, they came from the
east, then might Mount Ararat (mountain range of Ararat) be in the
east (Iran) rather than in the
west (Turkey)?
11. Helena and Rome under Constantine
The mother of Constantine,
Helena, toured the Roman Empire looking for historical sites of the Bible. Wherever these sites were declared, religious sites, churches, monasteries, etc., sprang up.
It was convenient that two important sites were found by Helena within the bounds of the Roman Empire at that time, despite Biblical indications that the site was elsewhere.
Noah's Ark in Turkey (Bible appears to indicate Iran, in Genesis).
Mount Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula (in two places the Bible indicates Arabia)
12. Tower of Babel
This stone carving (above) was found in Iraq near the ancient city of Babylon (Baghdad). Historians falsely interpret this illustration so I invite you to look at it carefully. There are clearly two suns in the sky and everyone is looking up at them. The tallest figure (wearing the horns of the bull... Nimrod's old crown) appears to be a giant. Giants in the Bible were roughly 18 feet tall. The dome-shaped object is too perfect to be a mountain peak. Instead, imagine that it's the "top" of the Tower of Babel.
http://www.thetruthishere.com/nimrod.html (as of 2005-02-20)
13. References to Nimrod
Direct references to Nimrod:
Genesis 10:8-12
1 Chronicles 1:10
Micah 5:6
14. 1 Chronicles 1:8-10 Nimrod as son of Cush
15. 1 Chronicles 1:10
1 Chronicles 1:10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. [kjv]
και χους εγεννησεν τον νεβρωδ ουτος ηρξατο του ειναι γιγας κυνηγος επι της γης [lxx]
… נמרוד … [he]
16. 1 Chronicles 1:8
KJV: The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Hebrew: בני חם כוש ומצרים פוט וכנען׃
Greek: και υιοι χαμ χους και μεστραιμ φουδ και χανααν
17. 1 Chronicles 1:9
KJV: And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
Hebrew: ובני כוש סבא וחוילה וסבתא ורעמא וסבתכא ובני רעמא שבא ודדן׃
Greek: και υιοι χους σαβα και ευιλατ και σαβαθα και ρεγμα και σεβεκαθα και υιοι ρεγμα σαβα και ουδαδαν
18. 1 Chronicles 1:10
KJV: And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
Hebrew: וכוש ילד את נמרוד הוא החל להיות גבור בארץ׃
Greek: και χους εγεννησεν τον νεβρωδ ουτος ηρξατο του ειναι γιγας κυνηγος επι της γης
19. Micah 5:5-6 Assyria and Nimrod
Micah 5:5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. [kjv]
και εσται αυτη ειρηνη οταν ασσυριος επελθη επι την γην υμων και οταν επιβη επι την χωραν υμων και επεγερθησονται επ αυτον επτα ποιμενες και οκτω δηγματα ανθρωπων [lxx]
5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders. [kjv]
και ποιμανουσιν τον ασσουρ εν ρομφαια και την γην του νεβρωδ εν τη ταφρω αυτης και ρυσεται εκ του ασσουρ οταν επελθη επι την γην υμων και οταν επιβη επι τα ορια υμων [lxx]
20. Micah 5:5
KJV: And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
Hebrew: והיה זה שלום אשור כי יבוא בארצנו וכי ידרך בארמנתינו והקמנו עליו שבעה רעים ושמנה נסיכי אדם׃
Greek: και εσται αυτη ειρηνη οταν ασσυριος επελθη επι την γην υμων και οταν επιβη επι την χωραν υμων και επεγερθησονται επ αυτον επτα ποιμενες και οκτω δηγματα ανθρωπων
21. Micah 5:6
KJV: And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
Hebrew: ורעו את ארץ אשור בחרב ואת ארץ נמרד בפתחיה והציל מאשור כי יבוא בארצנו וכי ידרך בגבולנו׃
Greek: και ποιμανουσιν τον ασσουρ εν ρομφαια και την γην του νεβρωδ εν τη ταφρω αυτης και ρυσεται εκ του ασσουρ οταν επελθη επι την γην υμων και οταν επιβη επι τα ορια υμων
22. Bacchus: Roman god of wine
Genesis 9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: [kjv]
και ηρξατο νωε ανθρωπος γεωργος γης και εφυτευσεν αμπελωνα [lxx]
9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. [kjv]
και επιεν εκ του οινου και εμεθυσθη και εγυμνωθη εν τω οικω αυτου [lxx]
Bacchus was the Roman god of wine. The name appears to have been derived from the Semitic "
bar Cush" as in "
son of Cush" as in "
Nimrod".
Interestingly, Noah was noted to have cultivated grapes and made wine and gotten drunk (recorded in Genesis).
23. Genesis 9:20
KJV: And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
Hebrew: ויחל נח איש האדמה ויטע כרם׃
Greek: και ηρξατο νωε ανθρωπος γεωργος γης και εφυτευσεν αμπελωνα
24. Genesis 9:21
KJV: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Hebrew: וישת מן היין וישכר ויתגל בתוך אהלה׃
Greek: και επιεν εκ του οινου και εμεθυσθη και εγυμνωθη εν τω οικω αυτου
25. Caspian Sea as Mare De Bachu
The 1606 map
Turcici Imperii Imago has the
Caspian Sea as the
Mare De Bachu.
Source:
New Worlds: Maps from the Age of Discovery. Quercus History. (could not find a published date on the book).
26. Baku on the Caspian Sea
The city of Baku is located on the western shores of the (land-locked)
Caspian Sea. The popular etymology is that the name
Baku comes from the Persian for "
wind-pounded city".
Another folk etymology is that the name
Baku means "
God's town". One connection is that the name of
Baghdad means "
God given" and that the prefix is related to the Russian word for "
God".
It is interesting that
Baku and
Bacchus appear to be related by sound.
27. Genesis 10:8
KJV: And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Hebrew: וכוש ילד את נמרד הוא החל להיות גבר בארץ׃
Greek: χους δε εγεννησεν τον νεβρωδ ουτος ηρξατο ειναι γιγας επι της γης
28. Genesis 10:9
KJV: He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
Hebrew: הוא היה גבר ציד לפני יהוה על כן יאמר כנמרד גבור ציד לפני יהוה׃
Greek: ουτος ην γιγας κυνηγος εναντιον κυριου του θεου δια τουτο ερουσιν ως νεβρωδ γιγας κυνηγος εναντιον κυριου
29. Genesis 10:10 Kingdoms and Shinar
The beginning of the kingdoms of Nimrod are listed in Genesis 10:10.
Genesis 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. [kjv]
και εγενετο αρχη της βασιλειας αυτου βαβυλων και ορεχ και αρχαδ και χαλαννη εν τη γη σεννααρ [lxx]
30. Genesis 10:10
KJV: And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Hebrew: ותהי ראשית ממלכתו בבל וארך ואכד וכלנה בארץ שנער׃
Greek: και εγενετο αρχη της βασιλειας αυτου βαβυλων και ορεχ και αρχαδ και χαλαννη εν τη γη σεννααρ
31. Genesis 10:11-12
Genesis 10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, [kjv]
εκ της γης εκεινης εξηλθεν ασσουρ και ωκοδομησεν την νινευη και την ροωβωθ πολιν και την χαλαχ [lxx]
10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. [kjv]
και την δασεμ ανα μεσον νινευη και ανα μεσον χαλαχ αυτη η πολις η μεγαλη [lxx]
32. Genesis 10:11
KJV: Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
Hebrew: מן הארץ ההוא יצא אשור ויבן את נינוה ואת רחבת עיר ואת כלח׃
Greek: εκ της γης εκεινης εξηλθεν ασσουρ και ωκοδομησεν την νινευη και την ροωβωθ πολιν και την χαλαχ
33. Genesis 10:12
KJV: And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
Hebrew: ואת רסן בין נינוה ובין כלח הוא העיר הגדלה׃
Greek: και την δασεμ ανα μεσον νινευη και ανα μεσον χαλαχ αυτη η πολις η μεγαλη
34. End of page
1 Chronicles 1:8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. [kjv]
και υιοι χαμ χους και μεστραιμ φουδ και χανααν [lxx]
1:9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. [kjv]
και υιοι χους σαβα και ευιλατ και σαβαθα και ρεγμα και σεβεκαθα και υιοι ρεγμα σαβα και ουδαδαν [lxx]
1:10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. [kjv]
και χους εγεννησεν τον νεβρωδ ουτος ηρξατο του ειναι γιγας κυνηγος επι της γης [lxx]
