Genesis Chapter 10

 

 

 

Bible Gateway Genesis Chapter 10 NIV link: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=1&chapter=10&version=31

 

Out of the lineage found in this chapter Nimrod always jumps out at me. I do think it is important to point out here that while in verse 9 it says he was a mighty hunter before the Lord, the more exact translation would be A mighty hunter in opposition of the Lord. Nimrod started the first anti-God movement, he was also the first biblical tyrant. There is much written on weather Nimrod, was his actual name, or if it was used as a term to describe a person. Many will say that he was actually Gilgamesh.  There is much written on Gilgamesh, and some of it is quite interesting. I will not delve into that, but it does make for some interesting reading if you care to google him.

 

So the next obvious question is how did we go from Nimrod meaning rebel to nimrod meaning idiot?  If you look in the Dictionary: American Heritage Dictionary

nim·rod    Audio Help   (nĭm'rŏd')  Pronunciation Key  n.   also Nimrod A hunter. Informal A person regarded as silly, foolish, or stupid. [After Nimrod. Sense 2, probably from the phrase "poor little Nimrod," used by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny to mock the hapless hunter Elmer Fudd.]

 

 

 

So Bugs Bunny used the term to mock Elmer, and over a period of time, we all quit paying attention to the fact that Elmer was a hunter, and more attention to the fact that he was a……well a nimrod!

 

Peace,

Brian